2008 Presbyterian Peacemaking Conference

Sowing Mustard Seeds: Working for God’s Justice — Confronting Poverty

July 15-19, 2008 
Chapman University
Orange, California

Participants explored the multiple issues that connect and entwine to sustain poverty in our communities and the world. Through worship, prayer, theological reflection, keynote presentations, planned activities, and spontaneous conversations, participants deepened understandings and developed skills to work to end poverty in the name of Jesus.

Presentations

Pedro’s story: “Resisting the Intolerable”
Roberto Jordan, president of the Reformed Church in Argentina, member of the executive committee of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, and one of the drafters of the Accra Confession

Stories from the Presbyterian News Service

• Peacemaking and the ‘mustard seed’
• Peacemakers hear about global food crisis
• Christians must resist economic injustice
• 3D: A multidimensional view of security

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