Disciples Home Missions Public witness: Anti-violence Packet

Beyond Violence: Faithful Living

Anti-violence packet now available

Right now, about 100 wars are raging around the world. People seem unable to live together peaceably—divisions and hatreds are erupting everywhere. The horrors of genocidal slaughter and systematic rape, racism, poverty, environmental degradation, rampant violence and fear plague us and our sisters and brothers, tearing at the fabric of our societies and indeed our world. Why can't we just get along?

At the Tulsa General Assembly in 1991, Resolution #9137 asked fro our congregations to consider seriously how we think about and respond to violence. While this resolution came specifically as a response to the Gulf War, the gathered Disciples chose to call the church into a time of dialogue about how we might make a witness to the world about all violence. Because of that resolution, this packet of resources was developed.

Several helpful resources are included which can help your congregation explore the Biblical issues surrounding war, patriotism and violence. They could be used by:

church school classes;
shalom or peace with justice groups;
special study groups designed to focus on issues;
youth groups.

Each item in this packet is affordable and can be purchased in bulk if you need to do that. Look through the materials and choose the one that would best address your congregation's concerns. Perhaps in doing that, you will push them to explore more deeply into this area.

If you wish to see an overview of the packet's contents, click on any of the links below (reivew the packet contents page to see what's included in the full packet):

Beyond Violence: Faithful Living (an overview) (25 Kb);
Listing of packet contents (9 Kb);
Moving toward an end to violence: how you can help (43Kb);
Prayer from Richard Hamm, Disciples general minister and president (8 Kb);
Disciples Resolution 9137 (9 Kb);
Helping children (13 Kb);
Internet resources (12 Kb);
Printed resources (13 Kb);
Talking with Children (13 Kb);
10 ways to fight hate (9 Kb).

These resources have been created as PDF (portable document format) files. The most recent Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view them. Go to the Adobe Acrobat Reader download site if you don't have a recent version of the Acrobat Reader. More information about PDF files has been posted online, including troubleshooting and system requirements.

Call (888) 346-2631, or complete the form below, to order your packet.

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