Dann and Joji Pantoja are peace building missionaries commissioned by Peace Mennonite Church and administered through Mennonite Church Canada. They are assigned to the Philippines to lead a team of Peace and Reconciliation (PAR) Specialists called PeaceBuilders Community Inc. They also co-founded Coffee for Peace Corp. to help indigenous farmers in the Philippines produce, process, and market their products in accordance with inclusive and sustainable development principles.
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OUR SUPPORT FOR THE BANGSAMORO IS BASED ON A SPIRITUAL PERSPECTIVE
The positive attitude of PeaceBuilders Community towards the Bangsamoro is energized by our peace theology. While being supportive and actively praying for the success of the peace negotiations between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), our hope for the future goes beyond politically negotiated agreements and beyond legislative acts …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/08/20/our-support-for-the-bangsamoro-is-based-on-a-spiritual-perspective/
SO AFFIRMED BY THE PHILIPPINE CHURCH IN THEIR SUPPORT OF THE PEACE PROCESS
We are so thankful for the explicit, official public support of the Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches (PCEC) to the tail-end of the peace negotiation between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). The PCEC statement of support was quoted in major media outfits in the Philippines, especially in …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/01/30/so-affirmed-by-the-philippine-church-in-their-support-of-the-peace-process/
WHY WE BELIEVE THE NEW BANGSAMORO IS AN INCLUSIVE POLITICAL ENTITY
Joji and I are so happy that the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) was able to negotiate the ‘Bangsamoro’ with the Government of the Philippines (GPH). In the road map released by the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP), step 10 says there will be an election of the Bangsamoro Government …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/01/27/why-we-believe-the-new-bangsamoro-is-an-inclusive-political-entity/
HOW WE LOOK AT THE AFP-MNLF ARMED CRISIS IN ZAMBOANGA CITY
These recent armed clashes between the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in Zamboanga is characterized by confusion, disinformation, utter disregard for human lives, and grave human rights violations. According to our latest update, this senseless violence has left 53 killed and 70 wounded. There are now 25,000 …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2013/09/13/how-we-look-at-the-afp-mnlf-armed-crisis-in-zamboanga-city/
WE’RE PRINCIPAL SPONSORS IN A BANGSAMORO WEDDING
We were invited to the wedding of Bai Rohannie Baraguir (Nannie) and Datu Mona Ali Datumanong (Micoy) as Principal Witnesses. Rohannie is like our niece. She is the grand-daughter of my Maguindanao Ama, the Hon. Datu Kharis Matalam Baraguir. The day before the wedding, we witnessed the Kulintang presentation–a time when Maguindanao music filled the house of …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2013/03/02/were-principal-sponsors-in-a-bangsamoro-wedding/
WE WERE INVITED BY THE EUROPEAN MENNONITES TO SHARE THE PBCI STORY
The Mennonite European Regional Conference (MERC) invited us to share the story of PeaceBuilders Community, Inc. (PBCI) during the evening plenary session of their 2012 General Assembly in Sumiswald, Switzerland last May 18, 2012. Around 800 people gathered together representing the various Anabaptist churches and agencies throughout Europe. A few days earlier, we attended the …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2012/05/28/we-were-invited-by-the-european-mennonites-to-share-the-pbci-story/
WE’VE FACILITATED BASIC TRAINING OF PAR COMMISSION OFFICERS IN REGION 10
Bishop Efraim Tendero, National Director of the Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches (PCEC), and Bishop Genesis Udang of PCEC PAR Commission in Mindanao officially installed 18 key leaders from Region 10 who successfully completed the three-month Peace and Reconciliation (PAR) Seminar Series. These monthly seminar sessions were held in three different cities: :: August 04-05, 2011 …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2011/10/12/pcec-bishop-installs-region-10-par-commission-officers/
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