Church and Peace

 

Website: http://www.church-and-peace.org

 

C&P began in 1949, when Quakers, Mennonites and the Church of the Brethren (the historic peace churches) joined with the International Fellowship of Reconciliation to coordinate their activities.

 

C&P brings together groups, communities, organizations and churches committed to becoming the peace church of Jesus Christ in daily life and action. C&P is active, through members and contacts, in many European countries:

* Pax Christi

* International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR)

* Justice and Peace Commissions

* Mennonite Central Committee (MCC)

* London Mennonite Centre

* Eirene

* M.I.R. (France and Switzerland)

* Bocs (Hungary)

* Laurentiuskonvent (Germany)

* Communauté de l'arche (France)

* Communauté de grandchamp (Switzerland)

* Anglican Pacifist Fellowship

* Enschede Dutch Reformed Church

* Quaker Peace and Social Witness

* Bruderhof communities, Plough Publishing

 

This organizations work with:

* conflict resolution

* mediation

* conscientious objection to war

* prayer for peace

* hospitality for the marginalized

* ... many other forms of peace service

 

What do we do?

 

MEET

annually, in one the four language regions - German, French, English, Hungarian & Slavic

We gather every two years in an international conference.

 

PUBLISH

a newsletter in English, French and German and the thematic pamphlet series "Theology and Peace" in English, French, German, Hungarian and Serbian

 

VISIT

one another and other groups, communities and churches for mutual support, celebration and worship

 

PARTICIPATE

in international activities which help to promote peace and justice through nonviolent change

* Active in the Decade to Overcome Violence - WCC (The World Council of Churches)

* Associate member - CEC (Conference of European Churches)

* Consultative status - JPIC (The conciliar process for Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation)

* Member - AGDF (Aktionsgemeinschaft Dienst für den Frieden)

* Supporter of the IFOR Decade for a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence for the Children of the World

* Active in the Jubilee 2000 Campaign - Development Requires Debt Cancellation

* The Peace House project at the Second Ecumenical Assembly Graz '97.

 

THEOLOGY

Bible study and theology underpin the activities of C&P members and their dialogue with other Christians.

 

This is linked directly with

SERVICE FOR PEACE

through the training of those willing to make a long-term commitment to peacemaking.

"Whoever loves life and would see good days must...seek peace and pursue it." I Peter 3 (NEB)

 

 

Addresses:

 

* Germany

Church & Peace International Office

Ringstrasse 14

D-35641 Schöffengrund

Germany

tel: +49 6445 5588

fax: +49 6445 5070

email

 

* France

Église et Paix

Louis & Bernadette Joly

5, rue du Mont Verdun

F-69140 Rillieux la Pape

Tel & Fax: +33 (0)4 78 88 87 25

email

 

* Hungary

Egyház és Béke

H-8003 Székesfehérvár

Pf. 7, Hungary

tel: +36 22 501-844

email

 

* Britain and Ireland

Church & Peace

14 Shepherds Hill, Highgate,

GB-London, N6 5AQ,

Tel: +44 20 8340 8775,

email