Individuals, small groups,and congregations are invited to join the National Registry of Peace Churches. More...
Following Jesus in nonviolent struggle for justice and peace, we love our neighbors and enemies
as God loves us all, becoming a peace church to share in God’s work to save the world.
Every Church A Peace Church (ECAPC) is a national network of Christians and churches committed to the premise that the church could turn the world toward peace if every church lived and taught as Jesus lived and taught. ECAPC members embrace the radical nonviolence of Jesus, including his call to love enemies, his teaching on the futility of violence, his examples of creative, active, nonviolent resistance, and his faithfulness to a nonviolent God.
Twin Cities ECAPC seeks to assist and empower church members as they engage their congregations and the church as a whole in the important theological and political tasks of nonviolent peacemaking. Communities and congregations can join the Twin Cities ECAPC network if they take three concrete steps:
Commitment 1: Engage in serious theological study of the nonviolence of Jesus. This includes assessing the relevance and challenge of Jesus nonviolence for our faith communities theology, worship, and action.
Commitment 2: Participate in a community of accountability for study, mutual support, and action. Twin Cities ECAPC is not an individual membership group but rather a network of small communities.
Commitment 3: Participate in an ongoing process of reflection and concrete nonviolent actions for peace.
Twin Cities ECAPC seeks to help small groups or communities take these steps. We will also help congregations who are interested in formally declaring themselves peace churches in the tradition of the nonviolence of Jesus.
Adopted September 17, 2003
How Can I Get Connected?
Call us! We in the Twin Cities area are eager to help you get started, and we encourage you to come to our events.
We are a movement, not an organization. You can call any of the volunteers listed below, and we will try to answer your questions.
Rodney Olsen 651 228-7224
Bill Berneking 952-473-7839
Al Bostelmann 612-722-5957
Marie or John Braun 612-522-1861
Rick Rocheford 612-823-5490
We do much of our communication via e-mail over an e-mail list sponsored by Yahoo Groups.
