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Christian Peace Education
Why Christian Peace Education?
Peacebuilding often focuses on national leaders. They sign peace agreements, command armies and are in charge of law and order.
Peacebuilding focuses on the international community. They sanction countries or provide weapons.
However, there is a third group that is very key for sustainable peace: local people. Peace agreements can be signed in offices. But if hatred, a mindset of violence and the feeling of injustice remain in society, people continue to fight.
In most cultures, the concepts needed for peacebuilding (e.g. forgiveness, justice, reconciliation, healing) are connected with religion and influenced by religious leaders. So Christian Peace Education provides meaning to those concepts and creates space to overcome revenge, hatred and bitterness through the cross of Christ. It guides on how to strive for justice with love, provides healing through the Spirit of God and strength…
Peace is not the absence of conflict but starting a journey together.
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Mission and Prayer Resources
“The greatest lack today is not people or funds. The greatest need is prayer.”
(Wesley Duewel)
Prayer is the bridge between panic and peace
As Church of Christ we belong together to encourage each other, to support each other and to pray for the world.
Get inspired – Quotes about Christian Mission:
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15 ways to help your church focusing on world mission:
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Prayer Guide on mission for one month:
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Paul’s mission work is a key to unlock his letter to the Philippians. This Study Guide values this context and inspires us to contextualize Paul’s vision to our situation:
How we Work
Promoting Peace
Peace is key to all development work, to food security and to education. In order to bring peace on grassroots level, healing of inner wounds is needed. Healing and justice opens a way for building relationship and forgiveness. And they are fundamental for every reconciliation process …
Transformation through Education
In the north west of South Sudan as well as in the east of DRC, children and youth from rural areas have few opportunities of formal education and vocational training. Without hope they easily join rebel groups. Education is a key factor for a country to stabilize – and that needs educators…
Food security and emergency relief
Small scale farmers learn to improve their crop quality and harvest. These activities guard against famine and hunger. When people fail to get food due to drought or displacement, we support the Church to…
Our History
Since 1970, Marburg Mission partners with local churches in East Africa. From the very beginning, the aim has been to support and promote churches towards independence and to enable them having a positive impact on their society.
From 1990 to 2016, Marburg Mission had a special focus on training theology students at Bishop Barham University College (BBUC) in Kabale and we remain in partnership, supporting and helping each other.
During the last 10 years, there was a growing interest about world mission in African churches. In addition, former Bishop Barham University students from Congo and South Sudan requested College alumni and churches to send missionaries from Uganda.
In 2014, a network was established to support sending professionals in countries of need, to promote reconciliation and to strengthen education. With these efforts we plant hope, based on our Christian faith.
