Since April 28, thousands of people in Colombia have taken to the streets to protest against the tax reform of President Iván Duque. In response, the government decreed a curfew and sent military force to arrest the protesters.
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The board and staff of BPFNA-Bautistas por la Paz are deeply disturbed by the violence against protesters and denounce the bloodshed happening by the Colombian State against its people.
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BPFNA-Bautistas por la Paz celebrates the support given to 15 projects for peace and justice during this year’s Peace Fund-Fondos por la Paz grant cycle. The Peace Fund-Fondos por la Paz was established in 2018 and empowers small, grassroots groups around the world doing the work of peacemaking on a local or regional level.
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En el apogeo de la pandemia de coronavirus en abril de 2020, y con el apoyo de BPFNA y otros socios, CLA se acercó con ayuda y apoyo entre los refugiados de Sudán del Sur en el norte de Uganda. El objetivo del proyecto era sensibilizar a las comunidades de refugiados y de acogida sobre el COVID-19, proporcionar artículos de higiene para prevenir su propagación y proporcionar raciones de alimentos de maíz y soja para las granjas en el cierre. Aunque esperábamos llegar a más familias, pudimos marcar una gran diferencia para 120 familias. Logramos distribuirles 8000 kilogramos de mezcla de maíz y soja, 4000 kilogramos de azúcar y 4000 kilogramos de frijoles secos.
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Every dollar you spend is a vote for the world you want to live in. Why give a tie or a candle to someone who already has more than they need? Why not make your gifts benefit people who could really use them? You work for peace rooted in justice! Shouldn’t your gift-giving do the same? Here are some gift-giving ideas for lovers of peace and justice. We’ve focused on grassroots efforts led by people we know so that you can be positive that your gift will matter and will be used wisely and well.
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“Normal” is not our destination. This virus has irrevocably severed our future from our past. And what arrives is up to us.
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We have seen with dismay, pain and horror the destructive mark of racism on the soul of the U.S. Throughout our history, racism being the backbone of this nation’s development and unjust enrichment of many has become the choking source of Black communities and people of color affecting every aspect of our collective life. The coronavirus pandemic has exposed these racial inequities that hurt Black and brown communities by hindering their access to health but also their development, freedom, and pursuit of happiness. George Floyd’s words became prophetic for as a nation, we can’t breathe anymore.
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After losing its properties in 2014 and, therefore, its main source of financing, the Seminario Bautista de México (SBM) in Mexico City focused on redesigning its training program. Its leaders listened to the needs of the Indigenous churches and gathered information from the marginal zones around Mexico City where it has served several decades. At the same time they had to balance these needs in accordance with the school’s financial reality. As a result, they created a comprehensive training program that will bring quality education to sectors of the population who have been socially and economically marginalized by the dominant society and culture. These people have also been marginalized in educational, biblical, theological and pastoral formation by the churches and seminaries that are part of that same dominant culture.
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The newly created Peace Fund-Fondos por la Paz will support six projects in 2019. This fund gives grants to empower small, grassroots groups doing the work of peacemaking on a local or regional level.
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Thanks to the generous support of BPFNA, I had the honor of presenting a peacebuilding course during the 2018 Hispanic Summer Program. The title of the course was “Religion, Social Conflict and Peacebuilding.” I was interested in expanding appreciation of religious peacebuilding studies within the Latinx theological and ministerial community.
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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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Born in Puerto Rico, Ricardo Mayol has been a missionary with American Baptist Churches for more than 20 years. He is currently serving as a regional consultant encouraging the development and consolidation of the Red Continental Cristiana por la Paz (Continental Christian Network for Peace, or CCNP). Based in Guatemala, Ricardo travels to coach CCNP members and future members in theological and pastoral training for peace, as well as on the basic goals of CCNP.
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The Mayan Intercultural Seminary (SIM) is a non-denominational theological school located in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. The Seminary contributes to the construction of peace from an intercultural perspective and promotes the values of equity, justice, inclusiveness, dialogue, human integrity, reciprocity, and a sense of vocation. SIM focuses on creating solidarity networks through initiatives in particular for women and youth, to build a more inclusive world.
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Selected by American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) board of directors from nominations submitted by clergy and laypersons across the United States and Puerto Rico, a number of American Baptist clergy and lay leaders will receive awards for significant faith-based work. Many of them are members and/or friends of BPFNA!
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The training was held in the Amudat District also known as Karamoja cluster due to mixture of pastoralist grazing their livestock together. It borders Kenya in the West and Uganda in the North East. The region is populated by three tribe communities (Karamoja, Pokot and Turkana) located along the border of Kenya and Uganda. Karomoja tribes are the majority while Pokot and Turkana are minorities in the region. Access to pastures and water for the livestock of the minority groups have been minimalized by the majority group. This has caused daily conflict over sharing of the resources.
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During my childhood and adolescence I never imagined I could cross a border. This does not mean that I never dreamed of crossing borders. On the contrary, I spent many hours reading the Encyclopedia and the Atlas; learning the names of the nations of the world, the colors of their flags; leaning about their location and their capitals. I enjoyed dreaming that, someday, I will visit as many countries as it was possible.
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They are privileged to live in a country of privileges. I am privileged unfairly, in a country where opportunities do not exist for all. My brother and sister do not have the same opportunities I have. Why? Youth of my people must migrate for pursuing dreams and new opportunities. Why? Not all of them have the same fate of being successful and their dreams become nightmares.
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Nathan Watts, a BPFNA ~ Bautistas por la Paz board member, works in Tucson, AZ, as a program organizer with BorderLinks, a nonprofit that specializes in education, immigration justice and social ethics. Nathan was in St. Louis to support Fellowship of Reconciliation representatives (Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou and Gretchen Honnold) who are organizing and training participant protestors in nonviolent civil disobedience.
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On Dec. 29, 2014 the Feast of the Holy Innocents, Episcopal Peace Fellowship Partner Parish St Luke's Long Beach, CA offered a Service of Lament at 5:00 pm Pacific Time.
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Adviento 2014.
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