by Sean Reilly | May 12, 2008
Is it possible for a broken church to act as an agent for healing in a divided society? A gathering of people from peace church denominations in the United States has met to explore the practical and ecclesial issues. The conference of Church of the Brethren and...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 21, 2008
The United States and the United Kingdom are being required this month – March 2008 – to reflect on the recent heritage of their military interventions, most notably in Iraq (where the chaos and death seems to have no end) and in the north of Ireland...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 16, 2008
Kingston, Jamaica, will be the host city for the World Council of Churches’ International Ecumenical Peace Convocation in 2011, it has been announced – marking a decade of activity promoting practical responses to violence. The convocation in 2011 will...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 18, 2008
The new cooperative body Christian Churches Together in the USA (CCT), bringing together representatives of 43 participating churches and organizations across America, is giving priority to work on poverty and witness. CCT now represents the broadest ever national...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 26, 2007
Domestic violence and what the church needs to do to respond to this problem topped the agenda for the recent second gathering of Central American Anabaptist Women Theologians. The meeting took place in Guatemala City at the end of November and beginning of December...