Spanish Colony 1521-1897

3. PRAYING FOR PEACE IN THE PHILIPPINES Spanish Colony 1521-1897 A New Global Reality:Shalom-GlobalizationMilitary, Political, Economic Liberationand Transformation of All Nations Global Reality:Unjust GlobalismMilitary, Political, Economic Suppressionand Oppression of Poor Nations National Reality:Conflicted LandCorruption in the GovernmentPolitical-Economic InstabilityArmed Conflicts: CPP-NPA, MILF, ASG Local Reality:Violence of InjusticeDynasties and Warlords in Provincial, Municipal, Barangay, and Purok Levels American Colony 1898-1933 War & “Independence” 1934-1964 US-Backed Dictatorship 1965-1986 Corruption and Unrest 1987-2009 A New National Reality:Harmonious LandEthical Transformation in the GovernmentPolitical-Economic StabilityJust-Peace Among All People Groups A New Local Reality:Culture of PeaceDialogical Approach in Dealing with Conflicts in Provincial, Municipal,Barangay, and Purok Levels

4. THE KIND OF PEACE WE DREAM OF SALAM-SHALOM THEOLOGY THE PEACE OF GOD IS CENTRAL TO THE GOOD NEWS • Harmony with God(Spiritual Transformation) • Harmony with the Self(Psycho-Social Transformation) • Harmony with Others (Social-Political Transformation) • Harmony with the Creation(Economic-Ecological Transformation) PEACEBUILDING=SHALOMLIVING

5. WHAT WE DREAM OF BEING ::We dream to be apeacebuildingcommunity—we'll seek to demonstrate in our own lives and in our relationships the kind of harmonious and transformational peace we're hoping for ::  We dream to bepeacebuildingoperatives—we'll devote the same discipline and self-sacrifice to non-violent peacemaking that armies devote to war.

6. WHAT WE DREAM OF DOING ::  To equip and multiply effective Peace and Reconciliation Team Leaders for the global realities of the 21st Century ::  To support the leaders in organizing and nurturing their respective Peace and ReconciliationTeams of volunteers in local conflict zones ::  To establish contextually-relevant Peace and Reconciliation Communities as home for local Peace and Reconciliation Teams ::  To develop a Networkof Peace and Reconciliation Communities that would work together to equip more leaders, to organize more teams, and to establish more communities

7. WHAT WE DREAM OF HAVING We dream of having at least one peace and reconciliationteam in every province of our beautiful land,organized in partnershipwith various parts ofthe People of God, who will lovingly serve all the peoples of our land unconditionally regardless of religion, ethnicity, or political ideology.

8. OUR UNDERSTANDING OF PEACEBUILDING A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGYthat encompasses, generates, and sustains the full array of processes, approaches, and stages needed to transform conflict toward more sustainable, peaceful relationships. WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES AND FUNCTIONSthat include conflict transformation in the family, in the church, in the community, in the society as a whole; it also includes military intervention and conversion, governance and policymaking, restorative and transitional justice, environmental protection, human rights, civilian and military peacekeeping, peace education, activism and advocacy, trauma healing, and social-economic development. RECONCILIATIONis the central component of peacebuilding. We will patiently walk with the conflicting parties who are willing to go on a journey from resolution of issues to rebuilding of relationships. THE QUESTION IS… IS THERE A NEED FOR PEACEBUILDING WHERE YOU ARE?

9. RECONCILIATIONTHE CENTRAL COMPONENT OF PEACEBUILDING Reconciliation is focused on building relationship between antagonists. Reconciliation is a place, a locus, a space created for encounter by the parties. Reconciliation is a great theological concept and a very practical course of action. IS PEACE AND RECONCILIATION MINISTRY NEEDED WHERE YOU ARE?

10. LOOKING AT PEACE IN SEVERAL LAYERS: PBCI PERSPECTIVE INEVITABLE PRESENCE OF KOSMOS PAXROMANA JUST PEACE UNJUSTGLOBALISM SALAMSHALOM THE PEACE OF GOD -- THE KIND THATTRANSCENDSUNDERSTANDING THE HIGHEST FORM OF PEACE ACHIEVABLE BY HUMAN BEINGS SUPPRESSION OF CONFLICT MILITARY POLITICAL ECONOMIC RELIGIOUS OUR CHRISTIAN TRANFORMATIVE ENGAGEMENT

11. PBCI SPIRITUALITY OF LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND MENTORSHIP INTIMACY WITH THE TRIUNE GOD AND BIBLICAL SERVANT-LEADERSHIP STRENGTHOF A LEADER THE PEACE OF THE CHRIST THE ENERGY OF THE COMFORTER MIND OF A MANAGER SOUL OF A TEACHER HEART OF A SERVANT THE CREATIVITY OF THE CREATOR

12. PEACE THEOLOGY, PEACEBUILDING, AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENTTO THE END THAT PEACE AND RECONCILIATION COMMUNITIESS WILL BE ESTABLISHED THROUGHOUT THE PHILIPPINES P.A.R. COMMUNITIES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY PEACEBUILDING LEADERSHIP DEV’T PEACE THEOLOGY

13. AN INVITATION TO DREAM AND TO WORK TOGETHER TO BUILD A NETWORK OF P.A.R. COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT OUR BEAUTIFUL LAND

14. PRAYING FOR PEACE IN THE PHILIPPINES Spanish Colony 1521-1897 A New Global Reality:Shalom-GlobalizationMilitary, Political, Economic Liberationand Transformation of All Nations Global Reality:Unjust GlobalismMilitary, Political, Economic Suppressionand Oppression of Poor Nations National Reality:Conflicted LandCorruption in the GovernmentPolitical-Economic InstabilityArmed Conflicts: CPP-NPA, MILF, ASG Local Reality:Violence of InjusticeDynasties and Warlords in Provincial, Municipal, Barangay, and Purok Levels American Colony 1898-1933 War & “Independence” 1934-1964 US-Backed Dictatorship 1965-1986 Corruption and Unrest 1987-2009 A New National Reality:Harmonious LandEthical Transformation in the GovernmentPolitical-Economic StabilityJust-Peace Among All People Groups A New Local Reality:Culture of PeaceDialogical Approach in Dealing with Conflicts in Provincial, Municipal,Barangay, and Purok Levels

15. We offerPEACEBUILDING SEMINARS to churches and organizations:Biblical PeacebuildingConflict Transformation ProcessesConflict Resolution SkillsNegotiation and MediationTrauma Healing Justice Advocacy Email us for more info: seminars@peacebuilderscommunity.org

16. PEACE AND RECONCILIATIONBASIC COURSE Pursuing Peace UnderstandingStrategic Peacebuilding The Nature of Conflict The Process ofConflict Transformation& Reconciliation

17. PEACE AND RECONCILIATIONSKILLS FOR EVERYONE Learning the Art of Conflict ResolutionFact-Finding SkillsListening SkillsConflict Mapping SkillsConflict Energy Management SkillsResolution Approach Skills Asserting Your Rightsthrough Negotiation Bridging Conflicting Partiesthrough Mediation

18. PEACE AND RECONCILIATIONFOR THE HEALING OF OUR LAND Understanding Peace in theContext of Globalization Enlisting Peacebuilding Volunteers Organizing Peace andReconciliation Teams Communicating Cross-Culturally Armed Conflict Area Survival Training Fundamentals of Trauma Healing Volunteer Evaluation

19. AN INTEGRATED FRAMEWORK FOR A PAR MOVEMENT Adopted from John Paul Lederach, Building Peace: Sustainable Reconciliation in Divided Societies (USIP, Wash., DC, 1997, p. 80) SYSTEM SUB-SYSTEM LEVEL OF RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP ISSUE CRISIS INTER-VENTION PREPARATION ANDTRAINING DESIGN OF SOCIALCHANGE DESIRED FUTURE 6 WKS-2YRS 2YRS - 5YRS 5YRS-15YRS 15-25+YRS TIME FRAME OF ACTIVITY

20. SALAM-SHALOM THE PEACE OF GOD IS CENTRAL TO THE GOOD NEWS • Harmony with God(Spiritual Transformation) • Harmony with the Self(Psycho-Social Transformation) • Harmony with Others (Social-Political Transformation) • Harmony with the Creation(Economic-Ecological Transformation) PEACEBUILDING=SHALOMLIVING

21. HOW TO CONTACT US: OFFICE ADDRESS: 2F Coffee for Peace Bldg.McArthur Highway, Matina Davao City 8000 Republic of the Philippines MAILING ADDRESS: P.O. Box 80128 Davao City 8000 Republic of the Philippines TELEPHONE: (+63.82) 297.3139 EMAIL: connect@peacebuilderscommunity.org www.peacebuilderscommunity.org

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