Time:
3:00pm Central Europe / Western Africa (4:00pm Central Africa Time / Jerusalem / Eastern Europe, 5:00pm East Africa, 2:00pm UK, 9:00am USA Eastern, 7:30pm India Time)
Meeting Theme:
In our polarized world, identity has become both a source of meaning and a weapon of division. Across nations, churches, and communities, the ways we define who we are too easily depend on who we are not. Even “Christian identity” can become a boundary to defend rather than a calling to embody God’s reconciling love.
This month’s Christian Peacebuilding Network meeting invites us to reflect on how faith-shaped identities can be healed and reimagined. When belonging becomes weaponized — used to protect status, purity, or power — it no longer reflects Jesus’ invitation to love across every boundary. But when identity is centered on God’s character and movement of shalom, it becomes a force for healing rather than harm.
Together we’ll explore what it means to shift from bounded belonging to centered movement — from defining ourselves by exclusion to finding ourselves in God’s ongoing work of reconciliation.
Guiding questions:
In what ways has “Christian identity” been used to separate, control, or harm — and how can we disarm it?
What would it mean for our belonging to be centered on God’s reconciling mission rather than on group boundaries?
How can we nurture communities where identity fosters humility, empathy, and peace instead of fear and competition?
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