Britain and Ireland Region
Church and Peace consists of different language regions.
Meet some of the members of the Britain and Ireland region of Church and Peace on this page, learn about the activities of the network and get involved!
Our Activities
Series of online conversations on:
- Racism – An Urgent Concern for Peace Churches
- Dismantling White Privilege
- Politics of Division in the UK:
Britain and Ireland Regional Days
- 13 March 2021: Building Peace from the Ground Up
- 22nd February 2020: The Real Cost of War
- 23 February 2019: Peace is not a Fairy Tale
- 28 October 2017: Peace church in a world of conflict? Answering the biblical call to nonviolence
News
€13 billion for the arms industry – Church and Peace protests against the decision of the majority of the European Parliament on Maundy Thursday
Diemelstadt-Wethen, Easter 2019. With disappointment and protest, the European peace church network Church and Peace is reacting to the decision of the European Parliament on Maundy Thursday, 18 April, to adopt the regulation for the European Defence Fund, thus paving the way for €13 billion to be earmarked for research and development of military equipment in the coming Multiannual Financial Framework (2021 – 2027).
International conference, anniversary celebration and AGM 2019
To mark “70 years of living nonviolence and resisting militarisation”, the 2019 Church and Peace Annual General Meeting will take place from 17 to 19 May 2019 in Berlin, Germany.
European Parliament’s majority focuses on arms investment instead of strengthening civilian conflict management
WETHEN, 12 December 2018 – Church and Peace’s Board comments on today’s vote on the European Parliament’s negotiating mandate for the European Defence Fund:
“Budgetary decisions are an indication of a change of political direction. We therefore consider as wrong today’s decision by the European Parliament to invest heavily in the military sector as part of the Multiannual Financial Framework (2021-2027). According to …
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