Category - gun culture

Plea to world churches on overcoming US gun culture

Ecumenical News International — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:12:21 +0000

A US Christian leader has asked a World Council of Churches peacemaking team visiting the United States for assistance to rid his country of the "scourge" of gun violence during the team's September 2007 visit.

US churches search for solutions to gun crime

Jerry Hames — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 08:24:23 +0000

Discussions about gun control and small arms trafficking, violence in the streets and against ethnic groups, as well as the engagement by churches in peacemaking activities consumed the first days of a 10-day visit to the United States by an international team.

Mennonite youth pit nonviolent Jesus against gun culture

staff writers — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 12:00:00 +0000

More than 100 US urban youth and members of local Anabaptist churches came together earlier this month (November 2006) for Packing the Peace of Christ, a conference focused on a Christian response to handgun homicide, which takes an average of one life per day here - write Justin Shenk and Shannon Burgess.