Christian Peacemaker Teams

Partnering with nonviolent movements around the world, CPT seeks to embody an inclusive, ecumenical and diverse community of Gods love. We believe we can transform war and occupation, our own lives, and the wider Christian world through: the nonviolent power of Gods truth, partnership with local peacemakers and bold action. CPT places teams at the invitation of local peacemaking communities that are confronting situations of lethal conflict. These teams seek to follow Gods Spirit as it works through local peacemakers who risk injury and death by waging nonviolent direct action to confront systems of violence and oppression. CPT understands violence to be rooted in systemic structures of oppression. We are committed to undoing oppressions, starting within our own lives and in the practices of our organization. CPT enlists the whole Church in an organized, nonviolent alternative to war. CPTs initial roots among Mennonites, Church of the Brethren and Quakers have spread in...