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| Children make posters at a peace rally in Chicago. |
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Peace and justice
The Church of the Brethren works to live out of our tradition as a historic peace church by seeking to become a living peace church, through the many issues of peace and justice.
The church and Christians are called by God to witness to the gospel of peace with such intensity that nations repent and history is changed. Less than a radical witness can only lead us to accept idols of materialism, blind nationalism, the glorification of military strength, dependence on technological solutions for human problems, and personal and national security at the expense of justice.
Peace news
- BVSers in Hiroshima help organize peace concert with Brethren singer
(May 14, 2012)
Brethren Volunteer Service workers at the World Friendship Center in Hiroshima, Japan, recently helped organize a concert for peace given by American Brethren folk singer Mike Stern on April 13.
- Department of Defense contractor lists released by BBT, FedEx moves up
(May 2, 2012)
Honoring the Church of the Brethren’s historic peace stance can be accomplished in many ways, and Brethren Benefit Trust chooses to do so through its investments. BBT does this by compiling lists of publicly traded US Department of Defense contractors each year and prohibiting its investment managers from investing BBT funds in them.
- MoR works on new network of conflict transformation practitioners
(May 2, 2012)
MoR program coordinator Leslie Frye recently invited representatives from Mennonite Central Committee's Office of Criminal Justice, the Kansas Institute of Peace and Conflict Resolution (KIPCOR), and Anabaptist conflict transformation practitioners with a range of ages, colors, and affiliations to join MoR practitioners in conversation regarding the potential of forming a sustainable network for the continuing work of reconciliation.
- Video documents Nigerian Brethren experience of violence, peacemaking
(April 19, 2012)
A new video has been made about the experience of Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN--the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria) and its efforts at peacemaking in an environment of conflict and increasing violence.
- Honoring those who said no to war
(April 18, 2012)
The following article by Howard Royer, who recently retired from the denominational staff, was written for the newsletter of Highland Avenue Church of the Brethren in Elgin, Ill.--and may provide a model for how other congregations remember and honor conscientious objectors:
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