Posts tagged Members
Where do we go from here? • ¿A dónde vamos desde aquí?
Where do we go from here? • ¿A dónde vamos desde aquí?

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Since March 29, the start date of Derek Chauvin’s trial, 64 people - approximately 3 people each day - have died at the hands of law enforcement in the United States. One officer being held accountable does not come close to rectifying the loss of Black and Brown lives nor does it erase the fact that the United States has a serious problem with policing. We also can’t view the institution of policing in isolation when the whole system is guilty.

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De hecho, desde el 29 de marzo, fecha de inicio del juicio de Chauvin, 64 personas, aproximadamente 3 personas por día, han muerto a manos de las fuerzas del orden en los Estados Unidos. La rendición de cuentas de un oficial no se acerca a rectificar la pérdida de vidas de Black and Brown ni borra el hecho de que Estados Unidos tiene un problema serio con la policía. Tampoco podemos ver la institución de la policía de forma aislada cuando todo el sistema es culpable.

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BPFNAWhite Supremacy, Colonization, Imperialism, North America, South America, Africa, Indigenous, Black Lives Matter, Abolition, Staff, Members, Police Brutality, decolonization
We can start with a list. • Podemos empezar con una lista.
We can start with a list. • Podemos empezar con una lista.

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Several years ago, I started an end-of-year personal ritual of listing the significant things that brought me joy and growth as well as pain and loss – the smaller details of life that became meaningful for me during the previous year. Creating these lists has helped me acknowledge aches, find resolution and learn life lessons to enter the new year with hope, strength and gratitude.

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Hace varios años, comencé un ritual personal de fin de año de enumerar las cosas importantes que me trajeron alegría y crecimiento, así como dolor y pérdida, los detalles más pequeños de la vida que se volvieron significativos para mí durante el año anterior. La creación de estas listas me ha ayudado a reconocer los dolores, encontrar una solución y aprender lecciones de vida para comenzar el nuevo año con esperanza, fuerza y gratitud.

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BPFNAStaff, Partner Congregations, Members, Beginning of Year, Executive Director
Obituaries: James Tilbert Ledbetter
Obituaries: James Tilbert Ledbetter

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As a pastor and person, Jim was shaped and gave expression to the vision of a just and peaceable world as championed by two of his “heroes”: Martin Luther King, Jr. and Clarence Jordan. Jim and Faithe were active supporters of the work of the Baptist Peace Fellowship-Bautista por la Paz, attending peace camp for a number of years and regularly supporting its work with their gifts.

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BPFNABoard, Members, Obituary, Peacemakers
An Open Letter to US President Donald Trump • Una carta abierta al Presidente Donald J. Trump
An Open Letter to US President Donald Trump • Una carta abierta al Presidente Donald J. Trump

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Your “Wall” brought us together, 200 of us, Baptist Christians of all ages, Mexicans and Americans, but also Canadians and Cubans, Caribbeans, South and Central Americans.  Your having proclaimed this despicable “Wall,” we had to cross it.

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Su "Muro" reunió a 200 de nosotros, Cristianas y Cristianos Bautistas de todas las edades, mexicanos y americanos, pero también canadienses y cubanos, caribeños, sudamericanos y centroamericanos. Usted habiendo proclamado este despreciable "Muro", tuvimos que cruzarlo.

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BPFNASummer Conference, Peace Camp, Mexico, Members, Founders, Donald Trump
Now we must be agents of the Kingdom of God • Ahora debemos ser agentes de su Reino, el Reino de Dios
Now we must be agents of the Kingdom of God • Ahora debemos ser agentes de su Reino, el Reino de Dios

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The following report is from Asaf Vera Baltodano, member of Shalom Baptist Church, student at the Baptist Seminary in Mexico City, and the most recent Youth and Young Adult (TYAYA) representative on the BPFNA-Bautistas por la Paz board of directors. 

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El siguiente informe es de Asaf Vera Baltodano, miembro de la Iglesia Bautista Shalom, estudiante en el Seminario Bautista en la Ciudad de México, y el representante más reciente de Jóvenes y Jóvenes Adultos (TYAYA) en la junta directiva de BPFNA-Bautistas por la Paz.

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BPFNAMexico, Puerto Rico, Natural Disasters, Earthquake, Hurricane Maria, Board, Members, Partners, Summer Conference, Peace Camp
An Interview with Deb Norton & Jonathan Sledge • Una Entrevista con Deb Norton y Jonathan Sledge
An Interview with Deb Norton & Jonathan Sledge • Una Entrevista con Deb Norton y Jonathan Sledge

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Deb Norton and Jonathan Sledge are longtime members of BPFNA-Bautistas por la Paz who live in Raleigh, NC. They are members of Pullen Baptist Church, a BPFNA-Bautistas por la Paz Partner Congregation. Deb works as a medical doctor in Raleigh and is on the board of directors of AMOS Health & Hope, an organization ran by missionaries Drs. David & Laura Parajón, that "exists to improve the health of impoverished communities in Nicaragua by working alongside them in health, education and development." As both were children of missionaries, Deb and Jonathan have traveled for much of their lives. Deb grew up in Kenya and the midwest United States while Jonathan spent his childhood in Peru and Louisiana. Both have lived in Raleigh for about 30 years.

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Deb Norton y Jonathan Sledge son miembros de larga data de BPFNA-Bautistas por la Paz que viven en Raleigh, Carolina del Norte. Son miembros de la Iglesia Bautista Pullen, una Congregación de BPFNA-Bautistas por la Paz. Deb trabaja como médico en Raleigh y ambos están involucrados con AMOS Health & Hope, una organización dirigida por los misioneros Drs. David y Laura Parajón, que "existe para mejorar la salud de las comunidades empobrecidas en Nicaragua trabajando junto a ellas en salud, educación y desarrollo". Como ambos eran hijos de misioneros, Deb y Jonathan han viajado durante gran parte de sus vidas. Deb creció en Kenia y el medio oeste de Estados Unidos, mientras que Jonathan pasó su infancia en el Perú y Louisiana. Ambos han vivido en Raleigh por cerca de 30 años.

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BPFNASummer Conference, Peace Camp, Members, North Carolina, Mexico, AMOS, Peacemakers, Healthcare, Medicine
An Interview with Anna Burkett • Una Entrevista con Anna Burkett
An Interview with Anna Burkett • Una Entrevista con Anna Burkett

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Anna Burkett is from Granville, Ohio and recently moved to Maryland to teach Spanish to middle schoolers. Anna grew up coming to Peace Camp.

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Anna Burkett es de Granville, Ohio y se mudó recientemente a Maryland para enseñar español a los estudiantes de secundaria. Anna creció llegando al Campamento de la Paz.

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BPFNASpanish, Mexico, Peace Camp, Summer Conference, Teaching, Teachers, Young Adult, Members, Peacemakers
An Interview with Luz Amparo • Una Entrevista con Luz Amparo
An Interview with Luz Amparo • Una Entrevista con Luz Amparo

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Luz Amparo works in Cali, Colombia with Red de Mujeres Comisión de Paz / The Network of Women Peace Commission (CEDECOL), an organization working to end violence against women. CEDECOL contributes to the elimination of violence against women through Church Ministries to: 1. Promote prevention and protection strategies for women survivors of violence. 2. Encourage initiatives of social research that make visible the reality of violence against women. 3. Insert in political and ecclesial decision-making spaces to recognize women's leadership and the fulfillment of their rights.

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Luz Amparo trabaja en Cali, Colombia con la Red de Mujeres Comisión de Paz (CEDECOL). CEDECOL contribuye a la transformación del País desde la formación y el desarrollo de estrategias de prevención y promoción para la superación de las violencias contra la mujer e incide en espacios de decisiones eclesiales y públicos. Ser un referente eclesial de atención integral en el marco de las violencias contra la mujer, que impulse la transformación de relaciones de poder y contextos violentos hacia una sociedad más justa y equitativa según los principios del Reino de Dios. Sensibilizar a los equipos base de la Red de Mujeres sobre la problemática de violencias contra la mujer y su abordaje integral. CEDECOL contributes to the elimination of violence against women through Church Ministries to: 1. Promover estrategias de prevención y protección a mujeres sobrevivientes de violencias en diferentes espacios eclesiales y comunitarios. 2. Impulsar iniciativas de investigación social que visibilicen la realidad de violencias contra la mujer y buenas prácticas de acompañamiento integral. 3. Incidir en espacios de toma de decisiones políticos y eclesiales para que se reconozca el liderazgo de las mujeres y el cumplimiento de sus derechos.

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BPFNASummer Conference, Interviews, Peacemakers, Members, Mexico, Women, Colombia
Here I Am: My Vocation as a Peacemaker
Here I Am: My Vocation as a Peacemaker

The following story is part of the Vocation of Peacemaking series where we asked members and friends of BPFNA ~ Bautistas por la Paz to write brief essays on their peacemaking work. Each story is a wonderful reminder that there are as many ways to live a life of peace as there are people, and that we can act for peace in real and important ways wherever we find ourselves. This essay comes from Eh Nay Thaw, a member of Crescent Hill Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky and a student at Centre College who frequent attends at the BPFNA ~ Bautistas por la Paz Summer Conference.

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BPFNAKaren, Burma, Myanmar, Vocation of Peacemaking, Partner Congregations, Refugees, Members
When Justice and Peace Kiss
When Justice and Peace Kiss

The incidents in Ferguson and New York have not only highlighted longstanding racial tensions, but have also laid bare the disparities facing black citizens throughout our country. While these cases raise questions about the prevalence of racial profiling and police misconduct, they also reach far beyond that, stressing ongoing issues of economic inequality, housing discrimination and unequal access to adequate education. And it rises from the deep fear and despair that clings to walls of inner-city tenements, and reeks from the tar paper shacks that still dot the Old South.

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BPFNASermons, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Racial Justice, Advent, Partner Congregations, Members
My Vocation as a Peacemaker
My Vocation as a Peacemaker

The following story is part of the Vocation of Peacemaking series where we asked members and friends of the BPFNA to write brief essays on their peacemaking work. Each story is a wonderful reminder that there are as many ways to live a life of peace as there are people, and that we can act for peace in real and important ways wherever we find ourselves. This essay comes from Kate Fields, a 2nd Year at Vanderbilt Divinity School in Nashville, TX and a young adult in the BPFNA's Companioning Program.

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BPFNAVocation of Peacemaking, Young Adults, Members, Partner Congregations
Joy in the Air! A Reflection from the People's Climate March
Joy in the Air! A Reflection from the People's Climate March

We walked behind the bold red Baptist Peace Fellowship banner, which provided a space for us to gather and to keep up with each other during the march. We walked on the hard surfaces of street and sidewalk that beat my feet while my heart was singing, singing with wonder at the diverse community that had come together, singing with hope.

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BPFNAClimate Justice, Peoples Climate March, Climate Change, Members, Partner Congregations
Gimme Shelter: My Vocation as a Peacemaker
Gimme Shelter: My Vocation as a Peacemaker

This essay is the first in a series called Vocation of Peacemaking where we asked members and friends of the BPFNA to write brief essays on their peacemaking work. Stories come from students, activists, teachers, parents, pastors, lay people, and retirees who work for peace in their jobs, their communities, their families, their volunteer time, and their neighborhoods in a wide variety of ways. Each story is a wonderful reminder that there are as many ways to live a life of peace as there are people, and that we can act for peace in real and important ways wherever we find ourselves.

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BPFNAVocation of Peacemaking, Members
High Ideals and Hard Teachings: The Church’s Tradition of Evading Jesus
High Ideals and Hard Teachings: The Church’s Tradition of Evading Jesus

Gandhi read the Sermon on the Mount when he was young, and I think it influenced his development of the strategy of nonviolent direct action. It was a basis for his whole life. He said, "The Sermon on the Mount went straight to my heart," and was especially delighted in the section which begins: "But I say unto you, that you resist not evil; but whosoever smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also." He wrote, "A life based on Christian truth was precious and indispensable to me, [but] the Church offered me rules completely at variance with the truth I loved."

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BPFNAMembers, Founders, Peace Camp, Summer Conference
Peace Prayer
Peace Prayer

A Peace Pole was unveiled at Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC on March 24, dedicated to Fr. David Valtierra, former chaplain of the campus Newman Center. BPFNA Operations Coordinator Evelyn Hanneman offered the following ecumenical prayer at the dedication service. Other prayers were offered by a Catholic priest and a Native American in the Catawba language. This Peace Pole joins over 100,000 of them in 180 countries around the world. Many are at Baptist churches.

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BPFNAPeacemakers, prayers, Members