{"id":2423,"date":"2010-11-28T00:00:59","date_gmt":"2010-11-28T00:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.brethren.org\/news\/?p=2423"},"modified":"2018-09-06T04:52:58","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T04:52:58","slug":"peace-church-gathering-in-latin-america-begins-convocatoria-de-iglesias-pacifistas-en-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2010\/peace-church-gathering-in-latin-america-begins-convocatoria-de-iglesias-pacifistas-en-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Peace Church Gathering in Latin America Begins – Convocatoria De Iglesias Pacifistas en Am\u00e9rica"},"content":{"rendered":"

Peace church gathering in Latin America begins with focus on the \u2018peace of the city\u2019<\/h4>\n

Convocatoria de iglesias pacifistas en Am\u00e9rica Latina empieza enfocando \u2018paz en la ciudad\u2019<\/h4>\n
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Alix Lozano, a Mennonite minister and seminary professor, gave the Sunday morning message for the conference. She also is one of the three women who are serving as moderators for the meeting. Shown here, she introduces another speaker of the morning, Donald Miller from the Church of the Brethren, who introduced the Decade to Overcome Violence and reviewed the way the Historic Peace Church conferences are a part of that process. Photo by Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford<\/em><\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

(Nov. 28, 2010) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic<\/em> — Representatives of the Historic Peace Churches in Latin America began a week of meetings today with a focus on seeking “the peace of the city.” The group of 77 Friends (Quakers), Church of the Brethren, and Mennonites from 17 countries gathered in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic, on the theme, “Hunger for Peace: Faces, Paths, Cultures.”<\/p>\n

The gathering is the fourth in a series of Historic Peace Church conferences that have been part of the World Council of Churches\u2019 Decade to Overcome Violence.<\/p>\n

An evening of ice breakers and sharing of expectations for the conference was held yesterday evening, Nov. 27, as some participants were still arriving on late-evening flights.<\/p>\n

But Sunday morning worship at the Iglesia Evangelica Menonita Luz y Vida–a Mennonite congregation in Santo Domingo–set a foundation on the first full day of the conference. Alix Lozano, a Mennonite minister who has taught for 16 years at a seminary in Bogota, Colombia, preached for worship.<\/p>\n

Asking what it means for the Kingdom to come–as Jesus prays in the Sermon on the Mount–she called on the local congregation and the conference to peacemaking that is carried out on behalf of the city in which we live. Noting the text in Jeremiah in which the prophet tells the exiles in Babylon that, in Lozano\u2019s words, “from the wellbeing of the city depends your wellbeing,” she urged, “Work for your city, and pray for it.”<\/p>\n

A Mennonite community in Colombia has done just that, she told the group. Starting with a soup kitchen in a very needy and violent sector of the city, the church has grown its ministry into the San Nicolas Platform for Peace. The program recently witnessed a march for peace that involved city leaders on Sept. 21, the International day of Prayer for Peace. And the program has marked success, in a significant reduction in violence.<\/p>\n

“If you and I don\u2019t pursue it, the Kingdom of God is not going to come,” she said. “It comes by the work that you do with your hands, in the presence of the church.”<\/p>\n

The day opened with a review of the history of the Decade to Overcome Violence and the role the Historic Peace Church consultations are playing in that process, given by Donald Miller, a former general secretary of the Church of the Brethren in the US and faculty emeritus of Bethany Theological Seminary. It closed with an evening presentation on the theological foundation for peacemaking, given by John Driver, Mennonite professor, theologian, and missiologist from the US who has served in Latin American and Caribbean countries as well as in Spain, and has authored various books.<\/p>\n

At least one participant has high expectations for outcomes from the conference. “I have lots of expectations because it\u2019s the first time that…the Friends, Mennonites, and Brethren are joining together for something like this” in Latin America, said Loida Fernandez, interviewed during a break in the meetings. She is coordinator of the Quaker groups in Latin America, on behalf of the Friends World Committee for Consultation.<\/p>\n

Outcomes could include cooperation in areas of common concern like training for nonviolence, mediation, conflict resolution, and maybe even developing a curriculum for peace, she said. But first, “We need to learn a lot about each other,” she cautioned.<\/p>\n

As the conference continues, delegates will be engaged in just that–learning about each other\u2019s experiences of violence and peacemaking through telling personal stories. The meeting continues through Thursday, Dec. 2.<\/p>\n

— Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford is news director for the Church of the Brethren.<\/em><\/p>\n

Noviembre 28, 2010 – Santo Domingo, Rep\u00fablica Dominicana<\/em> \u2013 Representantes de las Iglesias Hist\u00f3ricas de Paz en Am\u00e9rica Latina empezaron hoy una semana de reuniones con el enfoque de buscar \u201cla paz en la ciudad.\u201d El grupo de 77 Amigos Cu\u00e1queros, Iglesia de los Hermanos y Menonitas de 17 pa\u00edses reunidos en Santo Domingo, Rep\u00fablica Dominicana tratar\u00e1n el tema \u201cHambre de Paz: Rostros, Caminos, Culturas.\u201d<\/p>\n

Esta reuni\u00f3n es la cuarta de una serie de conferencias de las Iglesias Hist\u00f3ricas de Paz que han sido parte del Decenio para Superar la Violencia del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias.<\/p>\n

Una noche abierta a romper el hielo y a compartir expectativas de la conferencia fue la del 27 de noviembre mientras los participantes segu\u00edan llegando, algunos de ellos en vuelos avanzada la noche.<\/p>\n

Pero el culto de la ma\u00f1ana del domingo en la Iglesia Evang\u00e9lica Menonita Luz y Vida de Santo Domingo sent\u00f3 los cimientos del primer d\u00eda de la conferencia.\u00a0 Alix Lozano, una pastora Menonita que ha ense\u00f1ado por 16 a\u00f1os en un seminario de Bogot\u00e1, Colombia, predic\u00f3 en este servicio.<\/p>\n

Preguntando qu\u00e9 significa el venir del Reino – como Jes\u00fas ora en el serm\u00f3n de la Monta\u00f1a – ella llam\u00f3 a la congregaci\u00f3n local y a la conferencia a hacer la paz que se lleva a cabo en nombre de la ciudad en la que vivimos.\u00a0 Notando el texto de Jerem\u00edas en el que el profeta dice a los exilados en Babilonia que, en las palabras de Lozano, “del bienestar de la ciudad depende su bienestar,” ella insiste, “Trabajen por su ciudad, y oren por ella.”<\/p>\n

Una comunidad Menonita en Colombia ha hecho eso, dijo Lozano al grupo. Empezando con un comedor en un sector sumamente necesitado y violento, la iglesia ha crecido su ministerio transform\u00e1ndole en la Plataforma por la Paz San Nicol\u00e1s.\u00a0 El programa fue testigo, recientemente, de una marcha por la paz que involucr\u00f3 l\u00edderes de la ciudad el 21 de septiembre, D\u00eda Internacional de Oraci\u00f3n por la Paz. Y el programa ha marcado, exitosamente, una reducci\u00f3n en la violencia.<\/p>\n

“Si tu y yo no perseguimos la paz, el Reino de Dios no vendr\u00e1” dijo ella. “El viene por el trabajo que t\u00fa haces con tus manos en la presencia de la iglesia.”<\/p>\n

El d\u00eda se abri\u00f3 con un bosquejo de la historia del Decenio para Superar la Violencia y el papel que las Iglesias Hist\u00f3ricas de la Paz juegan en este proceso, a cargo de Donald Miller, antiguo Secretario General de la Iglesia de los Hermanos en los EE.UU. y profesor em\u00e9ritos de Bethany Theological Seminary . <\/em>Se cerr\u00f3 la noche con una presentaci\u00f3n sobre la fundaci\u00f3n de hacer paz a cargo de John Driver, profesor Menonita, te\u00f3logo y misi\u00f3logo de EE.UU, quien ha servido en Am\u00e9rica Latina, el Caribe y Espa\u00f1a y es el autor de varios libros.<\/p>\n

Por lo menos una participante tiene altas expectativas para esta conferencia.\u00a0 “Yo tengo muchas expectativas porque es la primera vez que … los Amigos, Menonitas y Hermanos se juntan para algo como esto en Am\u00e9rica Latina, dijo Loida Fern\u00e1ndez, en una entrevista durante uno de los recesos de la conferencia.\u00a0 Ella es la coordinadora de los grupos Cu\u00e1queros en Am\u00e9rica Latina, representando al Comit\u00e9 Mundial de Amigos para Consulta.<\/p>\n

Los resultados pueden incluir cooperaci\u00f3n en a\u00e9reas de preocupaci\u00f3n com\u00fan como entrenamiento sin violencia, mediaci\u00f3n, resoluci\u00f3n de conflictos y quiz\u00e1s hasta el desarrollo de un curr\u00edculo para la paz, dijo ella.\u00a0 Pero primero, “necesitamos aprender mucho unos de otros,” advirti\u00f3.<\/p>\n

Seg\u00fan contin\u00faa la conferencia, los delegados estar\u00e1n comprometidos justamente a — aprender de las experiencias de unos y otros, de violencia y hacer paz, compartiendo sus historias personales.\u00a0 La reuni\u00f3n contin\u00faa hasta el jueves 2 de diciembre.<\/p>\n

— Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford es la directora de noticias para la Iglesia de los Hermanos.\u00a0 Traducci\u00f3n al espa\u00f1ol, Mariana Barriga.<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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