DownloadArticles : Christian Peacemaker Teams
June 15 issue
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CPT preserves projects, plans to move Chicago office
CHICAGO — Christian Peacemaker Teams is continuing work on several projects as a result of increased donations, while also preparing to move its Chicago office and training facilities.
May 18 issue
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Funding shortfall puts CPT projects at risk
CHICAGO — Christian Peacemaker Teams may need to suspend and scale back peacemaking work because funds are low.
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N.Y. forum sets CPT’s work in context
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Rochester Area Mennonite Fellowship joined like-minded Christians in a forum on global Christian peacemaking as part of a book launch for a newly published history of Christian Peacemaker Teams written by one of the fellowship’s members.
May 11 issue
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CPT won’t abandon Kurds
The Kurds, like other ethnic minorities in modern nation-states, are usually noticed only when tragedy befalls them, and often not even then.
March 30 issue
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West Bank CPT team meets with British diplomat
AT-TUWANI, West Bank — British diplomat Tony Blair met with members of Christian Peacemaker Teams while visiting this Palestinian village in the southern West Bank March 19.
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CPT member speaks at Bethel about women’s peace efforts in Congo
NORTH NEWTON, Kan. — Ask everyone in a group of college students to stand who owns a cell phone, MP3 player or game system, and you’ll likely have the whole audience on its feet.
March 23 issue
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Peacemakers who take risks
On my desk is In Harm’s Way: A History of Christian Peacemaker Teams, by Kathleen Kern, published by Cascade Books, 2009, 604 pages, $49.
March 2 issue
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New directions for peacemakers
The vision for Christian Peacemaker Teams — put forth initially by Ron Sider, author and professor, at the 1984 Mennonite World Conference assembly in France — is 25 years old this year.
Feb. 23 issue
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The CPT idea, 25 years later
NORTH NEWTON, Kan. — A little over 25 years after giving a speech that sowed the seed for Christian Peacemaker Teams, Ronald J. Sider came to Bethel College Feb. 15-16 to revisit the topic.
Feb. 9 issue
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A simple gift lives on
“Let’s listen in now to the Marine Corps Band,” the CNN commentator says. The camera pans across the Washington Mall.
