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European Conference: Resisting War Today – Preparing Collective Nonviolent Alternatives
Conference Registration open now!
We are very excited to finally share with you the news of our upcoming European Conference that will take place in Brussels, 24-27 October 2024. Come and check out our program and sign up to join.
Weekly Online Peace Prayer
Church and Peace invites you to join the weekly online prayer for peace.
Online Prayer for Peace in Ukraine and beyond
Church and Peace invites you to pray for peace in Ukraine and beyond. Together with the branches of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation in England & Scotland and Wales (Cymdeithos y Cymod) and the Methodist Peace Fellowship, we gather on Zoom on Fridays...
Church and Peace underlines statements after participation in the World Council of Churches’ Central Committee
Church and Peace underlines the World Council of Churches Central Committee’s statements on Just Peace, escalating conflicts in Middle East and Iran, the conflict in Ukraine and on Guarding Against Atrocity Crimes Johannesburg/Wethen, 26 June 2025 – The European...
“Don’t let yourself be hardened in these hard times… Resist, reconcile, transform” – Register now for the European Conference 2025!
Full of anticipation, we announce the theme of this year's European Conference in Herrnhut, Germany, from 24-26 October 2025: “Don’t let yourself be hardened in these hard times...”Resist, reconcile, transform...and I will remove from your body the heart of stone and...
Church and Peace mourns the loss of a man of peace
The death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday has been met with great sadness around the world. The man ‘from the other side of the world’ - as he described himself at the beginning of his pontificate - had an impact far beyond the Catholic Church and will be remembered...
New Church and Peace Newsletter published – No. 15 – 2025
The latest Church and Peace newsletter issue has been published.The new Church and Peace newsletter gives you insights into the various regions of our network and looks back at the last conferences to ask from this perspective how we as churches can work for peace in...
In view of current developments, Church and Peace calls for clear orientation to justice and peace
Wethen, 6 March 2025 – The Board of Church and Peace holds to the biblical call for justice and peace. The current threat to the rule of law, international law, and climate justice requires a clear sense of direction. Current developments show that political...
European Conference and Annual General Meeting, 24-27 October 2024, Brussels, Belgium
Is the sword to keep devouring forever? Do you not know that the end will be bitter? (2 Sam 2:26)Resisting War Today – Preparing Collective Nonviolent Alternatives Wethen, 4 November 2024 – “What does nonviolence mean for us as Christians in the midst of the wars and...
Nonviolent Resistance – Rethinking Security
Is the sword to keep devouring forever? Do you not know that the end will be bitter? (2 Sam 2:26)Wethen, 4 November 2024 – Challenged by this biblical verse, this year’s European conference of the ecumenical network Church and Peace in Brussels engaged with relevant...
Guaranteeing Protection and Asylum for Conscientious Objectors, Deserters and War Resisters!
Wethen, 4 November 2024 – “Today more than ever we must support the Russian conscientious objectors – men who refuse to take up arms and support Vladimir Putin in his war against Ukraine.” Belarusian human rights activist Olga Karach made this call during the...
New European Commission prioritises competition and security instead of reconciliation and peace! Church and Peace: Call to Members of the European Parliament: Use the hearing in the European Parliament from 4 to 12 November 2024 as an opportunity to correct the EU’s course
Wethen, 30.10.2024 In the job descriptions of the future European Commissioners, “reconciliation” and “peace” must be named as political guiding principles’, according to the European peace church network Church and Peace. We call on the Members of the European...
“You can never solve problems with the same mindset that created them.” (Albert Einstein)
Board of Church and Peace applauds the awarding of the Bremen Peace Prize to Maria Biedrawa and sends out invitations to this year's European conference in Brussels ‘Resisting War Today – Preparing Collective Nonviolent Alternatives’ Wethen, 13.06.2024. The board of...