In the Philippines, we’ve organized a team of peace and reconciliation specialists called PeaceBuilders Community, Inc.
PeaceBuilders Community is a mission initiative of Peace Mennonite Church, our home community in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada.
Peace Mennonite Church is part of Mennonite Church Canada. Our mission in the Philippines is being administered by Mennonite Church Canada as part of their partnership agreement with Peace Mennonite Church. Our friends and relatives who are supporting us have happily agreed to participate in this partnership arrangement.
Through Mennonite Church Canada, we became partners with Leamington United Mennonite Church, Leamington, Ontario.
Mennonite Church Canada is part of Mennonite World Conference. We see ourselves and PeaceBuilders Community as part of this global body.
We learned many of our initial skills in starting PeaceBuilders Community from the Christian Peacemakers Team. We have modified and contextualized our operations since then based on our actual experiences in the Philippines.
PeaceBuilders Community, Inc. is developing a fair trade initiative in the coffee industry in the Philippines. This is part of our economic-ecological shalom-building.
We also affiliated with the Integrated Mennonite Church in the Philippines and they have appointed us to be their peace building arm in the Philippines. We also help in developing their leadership program.
The national umbrella of churches where we belong is the Philippines Council of Evangelical Churches. PeaceBuilders Community is a founding member and supporter of the newly established Peace and Reconciliation Commission of PCEC.
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