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  • 6 Mar
    2007
    FAQ 21. What is Ekklesia's relationship to Christian Peacemaker Teams?

    We enjoy good relations, common values and an association with Christian Peacemaker Teams in the UK through our membership of the Root and Branch network.

  • 18 Feb
    2007
    Christian peacemakers report on Israeli demolition of Palestinian homes

    Israeli soldiers demolished homes in three Palestinian villages near bypass road 317 on 14 February, reports Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) from Al Tuwani.

  • 9 Feb
    2007
    Prayers for Peace in Iraq and the Middle East by Pax Christi
    Pax Christi, together with the National Justice and Peace Network and CAFOD have invited people to fast and pray every Friday for peace in Iraq and the Middle East.
  • 9 Feb
    2007
    Blessed are you peace makers by Fr. Paul Milanowski Grand Rapids, Michigan
    Blessed are you peacemakers, who say no to war as a means to peace. Blessed are you peacemakers, who are committed to disarm weapons of mass destruction. Blessed are you peacemakers,
  • 25 Jan
    2007
    Lively global church debate about protecting vulnerable populations and the use of force

    The international community's responsibility to protect endangered populations when their governments fail to do so, and church support for protective measures, has been the subject of lively debate at a World Council of Churches (WCC) workshop at the 20-25 January World Social Forum in Nairobi, Kenya.

  • 21 Jan
    2007
    Peacemakers involved in challenge to violent toys

    Supporters of the US- and Canadian-based international conflict transformation organisation Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) - now known worldwide as a result of the 2005-6 hostage crisis in Iraq - have been challenging the prevalence of war toys through nonviolent actions at a well known retailer.

  • 18 Jan
    2007
    Going beyond fight or flight

    On the third Monday of every January, the United States marks Martin Luther King Day. The national holiday celebrates the birth and life of the civil rights activist and Baptist minister, whose Christian convictions about justice and the Gospel led him to a path of non-violence and peacemaking.

  • 19 Dec
    2006
    Churches are helping to give Congolese women a voice

    Women have borne the brunt of the cruel devastation of war in the Congo and still
    live with huge scars ‚Ä' writes Judy Amunga of Nairobi, Kenya, who participated in a recent Christian Peacemaker Teams delegation to the East of the country.

  • 9 Dec
    2006
    Christianity is a radical call to peacemaking, says Norman Kember

    This week I have had the great pleasure of meeting up again, for the first time since March 2006, with Jim Loney from Canada and Harmeeet Singh Sooden from New Zealand. One year ago this weekend we were companions in kidnap and held in close confinement in Baghdad where we had gone as members of a Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) delegation.

  • 8 Dec
    2006
    Forgiveness not revenge for Iraq, say former peace hostages

    The three Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) workers held hostage in Iraq at the end of 2005 and the beginning of 2006 have said that they are not in a position to decide whether to testify in criminal proceedings against their alleged captors ‚Ä' but have stressed that they are committed to the path of forgiveness as the only way forward for themselves and for all dragged into the mire of violence and injustice.

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