christian peacemaker teams

March 9, 2009

Christian peacemakers arrested after accompanying Palestinian landowners

A Jerusalem court has released two Christian peacemakers Teams who had been arrested by Israeli police while accompanying nineteen Palestinians who were trying to access their land.
March 3, 2009

Christian Peacemaker Teams chart humanitarian law violations in Colombia

Christian Peacemaker Teams in Colombia has released its compilation International Humanitarian Law (IHL) violations witnessed by or reported to the Colombia team in the calendar year of 2008.
January 20, 2009

Obama and a fresh dynamic in world affairs

As we have tragically seen in Gaza, the thinking of the past has not brought peace to the Middle East or the USA, says Gene Stoltzfus. Something new is needed. The Obama era needs to be built on hopeful prayer and action for justice.
January 13, 2009

A chance to hear about alternatives to violent conflict

The escalating conflict in Gaza frays all well-intended political and faith-based efforts at peacemaking in the Middle East, says Wilson Tan. But Christian peacemaking is still a viable and necessary option.
January 13, 2009

Peace-without-guns advocate tours UK as Gaza siege continues

A leading advocate of practical non-violence begins a two-week tour of Britain on Friday 16 January, offering case studies of achieving peace without guns in the Middle East and elsewhere.
January 9, 2009

UK visit of Christian peace activist Gene Stoltzfus

Pioneering Christian peace activist and organizer Gene Stoltzfus will be in Britain and Ireland in January 2009, speaking about nonviolent intervention in situations of conflict and injustice. With the tragedy unfolding in Gaza, the trip could not be more timely.
January 8, 2009

Christian Peacemaker Teams founder to visit Britain

As politicians struggle to find answers to the cycle of violence in Gaza, a pioneering Christian peace activist is set to tour Britain and Ireland talking about nonviolent conflict transformation.
January 6, 2009

On not being left eyeless in Gaza

What we see in Gaza is the abyss of violence, says Simon Barrow. Limiting retribution is important, but in the longer run only active, nonviolent love can challenge the destructive politics of vengeance.
December 18, 2008

Sustaining the spirit, the body and the mind for long-term Disciplined Peacemaking - an evening with the founder of CPT

Since 1988 the Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) have trained violence reduction teams or investigative teams and sought to place them in high conflict situations such as Colombia, the Middle East and
December 4, 2008

In Harm’s Way: The first official history of Christian Peacemaker Teams

Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) has announced the publication of it its first official history, In Harm’s Way: A History of Christian Peacemaker Teams by CPTer Kathleen Kern (Cascade 2008).