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  • 15 Oct 2009
    Writing peace out of the script
  • 15 Oct 2009
    Looking at what truly makes for a just peace

    Peace in its deepest, thickest, most holistic and most biblical form always challenges the status quo which maintains the structures of violence that benefit the powerful and privileged, says Timothy Seidel.

  • 20 Jul 2009
    Time for a bishop to the 'unarmed forces'

    Following the announcement by the Church of England of a new bishop to the armed forces, the think-tank Ekklesia is suggesting that it is time there was also a bishop to the 'unarmed forces'.

  • 15 Jul 2009
    ‘Become a shining light’ Kenyan peace activist tells London youth

    A Kenyan youth activist from Africa’s biggest slum spoke to over 200 young people in Hendon, North London at the weekend, calling on them to ‘become a shining light’ for their generation.

  • 11 Jun 2009
    Christian Peacemaker Teams seeks more recruits from the UK

    Christian Peacemaker Teams, an international agency that seeks to 'get in the way' of war and oppression in conflict zones across the world, is seeking more volunteers from Britain, Ireland and mainland Europe.

  • 28 May 2009
    Global action week seeks peace with justice in Israel-Palestine

    A wide range of events will form the World Week for Peace in Palestine Israel, 4-10 June. Churches and related organizations in over 20 countries are taking part. The week is about prayer, education and action to end to the 60-year conflict.

  • 14 May 2009
    War resisters and peacemakers are still harassed, WCC study shows

    In spite of a global trend to better recognize the right to conscientious objection – which is marked with an International Day on 15 May – those who refuse military service are often discriminated against, persecuted, punished and imprisoned says a new study

  • 7 May 2009
    Mennonites back peacemakers in India's troubled Orissa state

    In the wake of widespread violence against Christians in India's Orissa state, the North American relief, development and peace agency Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is helping to provide training to peacemakers in the region.

  • 5 May 2009
    Prayers for Bethlehem focus World Week for Peace action

    A Palestinian community organization is offering a way for many more countries to join World Week for Peace in Palestine Israel, 4-10 June 2009 – by sending peace prayers to Bethlehem. The Week is intended to generate joint church action for a just peace.

  • 11 Apr 2009
    Easter peacemakers and pilgrims

    The journey to Jerusalem is one that unites Christians past and present, says Harry Hagopian. What holds it together in the quest for peace with justice is the presence of Christ, crucified and risen.