Peace & Justice Ministries

Recent Items

(Last Updated: March 18, 2010)

• Call to Action and Prayer - Colombia/Canada Free Trade
• UN International Day of Peace - September 21
• Action Request : Disappearance of Pastor William Reyes
• Colombian Mennonite churches call for days of prayer and action
• Peace Tax information
  • 2009 Peace Tax Return [PDF]
• News Releases
  • Assignment to Bethlehem connects with Gaza
  • Gabriel Peace Farm: A Centre for Peace and Reconciliation Training
  • Medical peacebuilding
  • Peace Building in the Philippines
• Coffee for Peace
• Church Matters Podcasts on the issue of Peace
  • Episode 5: Militarization, Canada and the Church
  • Episode 6: Peace church a perceived threat to armed groups in Colombia
  • Episode 8: Building Peace
  • Episode 18: The Decade to Overcome Violence
  • Special Segment: Dialogue Toward Peace with Iran
  • Episode 25: Church and State: How Do We Live Together?
  • Episode 26: Broken Promise: A Conscientious Objector and his 60 Year-Old Secret

Where Mennonite Church Canada Works for Peace

• Chile: Being with the Baptist Union of Chile while they recover their identity and history as a peace church
• Colombia: Mennonite sister and brothers in Colombia continue to live Christian lives for peace in a nearly 60 year civil conflict
• Israel: Peace building initiatives in the Middle East
• Philippines: Dann and Joji Pantoja work tirelessly to bring together Muslims, Christians, Indigenous people, and the military in a land dispute.
• South Korea: Through peace education, translation and publishing of Anabaptist books, and speaking engagements, KAC staff provides a variety of Anabaptist resources to churches and individuals in South Korea.

Advocacy

• Criteria for speaking out on public issues
• Letters and public statements by the Mennonite Church Canada on social issues

Past Items

• Days of Prayer and Action for Colombia – May 20-21, 2007
• Development Assistance Accountability Act – Bill C-293 Second Parliamentary Reading on Sept. 19/20, 2006.
• Human Sexual Trafficking in Canada: Learn, fast and pray from Sept. 29 – Oct. 1
• Democratice Republic of Congo Election Updates - Sept. 7, 2006
• Middle East Updates - Sept. 7, 2006
• Advocacy for Detained Mennonites in Vietnam - June 28, 2006
• MC-Canada Resource Center: Peace Resources
• International Day of Prayer for Peace
  • website for more information on the International Day of Prayer for Peace - September 21, 2005
    • Download the International Day of Prayer for Peace Brochure
  • The Decade to Overcome Violence
  • United Nations International Day of Peace Vigil
• Say no to war against Iraq. September 27, 2002
• Lighting a Candle in the Darkness... Letter and resource for the Congregations of Mennonite Church Canada and Mennonite Church USA,
• Denis Halliday The former head of the U.N.'s humanitarian program in Iraq says an American invasion would be an international crime -- and would make the U.S. even less safe. Read more at The Salon. April 3, 2002

Related

• Links: Peace & Justice
• News» Statements

Our Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective states, "We believe that peace is the will of God. . . Led by the Holy Spirit, we follow Christ in the way of peace, doing justice, bringing reconciliation, and practicing nonresistance even in the face of violence and warfare." We could not begin to summarize the various peace ministries engaged in by congregations of the Mennonite Church Canada. They are many. We hope that this page and this office can be a means of connecting and resourcing congregations, as well as speaking and acting together as we work towards this vision. We invite your comments, suggestions, challenges, stories and prayers.

Background on issues

• Plan Colombia - An Update from the Colombian Interior 4/26/2001 update
• Israel/Palestine Conflict 4/26/2001 update
• Sanctions and the War Against Iraq: Facts and Comments
• Conscientious Objection To Military Taxes
• Nuclear Disarmament, Nuclear Abolition
• Multilateral Agreement on Investment
• International Debt Cancellation
• Kosovo

Peace Resources

• Memos to Congregations on Issues of Global Concern - A regular peace mailing to Mennonite Church Canada churches
• Peace Sermons by Canadian Mennonites
• Globalization of the Economy - Resource List
• For more resources, contact the Resource Centre

Peace Links

• Alternatives for Simple Living
• Alternative Service - Learn about conscientious objection in WW2
• Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary: Peace and Justice Courses
• Christian Peacemaker Teams
• KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives
• Third Way Cafe: Peace Blend
• Mennonite Central Committee
  • MCC Peace Resources
• Mennonite Church Peace & Justice Committee
  • PeaceSigns - a monthly e-zine from MC-USA
• Peacebuilders Community
• Pike's Peak Justice and Peace Commission
• Project Peacemakers
• Project Ploughshares
• Second Mile peace curriculum (in cooperation with Mennonite Central Committee)