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christian peacemakers

June 3, 2011

Learn nonviolence from East Germany's peaceful revolution, Protestants told

Germany's biggest Protestant gathering has opened in Dresden with calls to learn from the experiences of non-violence in the former GDR.
May 25, 2011

Churches commit to peace action as historic convocation closes

Participants at the International Ecumenical Peace Convocation have expressed their unified experience of a week-long exploration of 'just-peace'.
April 6, 2011

Mennonites: moving from nonresistance to active peacemaking

One hundred years ago, nonconformity and nonresistance were hallmarks of Mennonites’ peace witness. Today, Mennonites are more actively engaged in society, and the pursuit of justice is an essential part of peacemaking. How did this change come about?
February 1, 2011

Unarmed power is the future, says thinktank

Governments and agencies in the C21st “need to radically re-orient their policies away from armed force and violence as the prime determinants of social change,” says the beliefs and values think-tank Ekklesia, in the wake of the latest developments in Egypt and elsewhere.
September 14, 2010

Churches work together to promote Peacemaking Sunday

Churches across Britain are being encouraged to mark the UN International Day of Peace on 19 September - Peacemaking Sunday - using shared worship resources.
June 23, 2010

Christian peacemakers' victory in Australia inspires nonviolence activists

Peace activists in Australia are continuing to put their bodies on the line in opposing their country's military involvement in Afghanistan, after Christian peacemakers scored an important moral victory.
April 9, 2010

Violence in India challenges Christians to be just-peace makers

The church can play a crucial role in bringing peace, stopping violence and addressing the injustice and inequality at its root, says an Indian Christian leader.
April 2, 2010

'Bonhoeffer Four' Christian peace activists block Australian military base

A group of peace activists inspired by the example of German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer have successfully infiltrated a secret Australian military base on Swan Island.
March 28, 2010

A peace challenge to Christian radicalism

While peace groups still lobby for the wall to come down in Israel and for countless other injustices to cease around the world, says Sande Ramage, the Waihopai 3 in Aotearioa/ New Zealand challenge us about just how radical our Christianity needs to be.
March 19, 2010

New Zealand jury aquits Waihopai spy base Christian peace activists

Christian activists who entered the Waihopai spy base in Blenheim on a Ploughshares Aotearoa non-violent direct action, have been found not guilty by a Wellington jury.