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Church and Peace calls for support for the nonviolent resistance in Serbia and its demand for free elections
Herrnhut, 29 October 2025 – For 16 days (leading up to the anniversary of the disaster of 1 November 2024) people are walking towards Novi Sad from all the regions of Serbia, with massive support from the population. Participants from Novi Sad vividly described this...
Learning from Central and East European Experiences of Transformation: Church and Peace Conference in Herrnhut
Herrnhut, 29 October 2025 – Last weekend, the Herrnhut Moravian Church welcomed around 120 participants from 19 countries to the 2025 European Conference convening under the heading “Don’t let yourself be hardened in these hard times … Resist, reconcile, transform”....
Mourning the loss of former vice-chair Kees Nieuwerth
Dear members of Church and Peace, dear friends,We share with you the sad message that our dear friend and vice-chair until last year Kees Nieuwerth passed away last Friday, on June 20, 2025.Kees was a restlessly committed man of peace, striving for non-violence and...
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” – Everything about 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...