I participated in Christian Peacemaker Team training from July 12 to August 12, 2010 in Chicago. Christian Peacemaker Teams arose from a call in 1984 for Christians to devote the same discipline and self-sacrifice to non-violent peace making that armies devote to war. Christ Peacemaker Teams (CPT) embraces a vision of unarmed intervention waged by committed peace makers ready to risk injury and death in bold attempts to transform lethal conflict through the nonviolent power of God's truth.
Initially sponsored by the two largest North American Mennonite denominations and the Church of the Brethren, CPT has the additional sponsorship of the Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America, the Congregation of St. Basil (Basilians), Every Church a Peace Church, Friends United Meeting, On Earth Peace, and the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship. Most of CPT’s support comes from church members, congregations, and Friends meetings. (For more information: www.cpt.org)
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