Dann Pantoja is beginning to use his Tagalog indigenous name -- Lakan Sumulong. This is a statement that our indigenous identities can be a redeeming factor in healing our 'being' (that is, who we are as a people); help symbolize our determination to contribute what we ought to be 'doing' as a nation (that is--active, non-violent, radical transformation); and, determine how we will prioritize what we will be 'having' (that is, inclusive growth and national development based on justice and peace). Asked what fuels his positive outlook in life: “It’s the influence of Jesus, a first century Palestinian carpenter who was executed by the imperial power of his time. He said: ‘Whoever tries to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.’ Jesus defied the ultimate negative factor in our cosmos--death.”
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JOJI TEACHES INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT AT EBCS
17-21 August 2015. Joji is in Zamboanga City this week to teach the students of the Master of Ministry program at Ebenezer Bible College and Seminary (EBCS) for a week. Her modular course is entitled: Inclusive Development as a Christian Ministry of Transformation. The objectives of the course are: 1. To identify our role …
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BANISILAN LEADERS INVITED US TO CONDUCT PAR TRAINING
05-07 August 2015. The Municipality of Banisilan in the Province of North Cotabato invited PeaceBuilders Community, Inc. (PBCI) to conduct a seminar on Peace and Reconciliation (PAR) among the religious leaders in their town. For the past three decades, Banisilan and the surrounding areas have been going through chronic armed conflicts due to …
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JOJI NOW SERVES AS CHAIR OF MWC PEACE COMMISSION
Joji accepted her new responsibility as chair of the Peace Commission of the Mennonite World Conference during its 2015 Global Assembly in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA. The Peace Commission offers MWC member churches a wide array of support: enabling talk about the peace issues facing individual churches, countries and continents; providing a conversation forum …
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PAR KALINGA HAS A LIFE OF ITS OWN, AND IT’S GROWING!
PAR Kalinga: Harmony with the Creator, with our being, with others, and with the creation What’s happening within and around the Kalinga Peace and Reconciliation (PAR) Community has been a long time harmonization of the various aspirations and works of individuals, clans, and tribes who are faithful to pursue their struggle for liberation based on …
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CHRISTIAN LEADERS HELD A SUMMIT MEETING FOR PEACE
Statement of the Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform OUR CONTINUING CRY AND HOPE FOR PEACE “But those who hope for the LORD will renew their strength, they will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” (Isaiah 40:31 NIV) We are the Philippine Ecumenical Peace …
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PCEC PEACE AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION IS RE-ORGANIZED
The Peace and Reconciliation (PAR) Commission of the Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches (PCEC) had their strategic planning last June 23-26, 2015, at the Center for Christian Development, Tagaytay City. As a result of this four-day workshop, we came up with a Peace and Reconciliation Vision for 2020, stated in the present tense: Peace Revolution. …
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DEALING WITH FELLOW CHRISTIAN LEADERS OPPOSING THE BBL
BBL is Bangsamoro Basic Law. It is a product of the final peace deal between the Philippine government and the the Moro Islamic Liberation Front; it seeks to address decades-old grievances by creating a new regional government with greater fiscal and political powers than the current Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. In the past 25 days, I …
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