Meet our
Facilitation Team

  • Kendra is passionate about peacemaking & reconciliation, and has spent the last 6 years working in this field in the Middle East, South America, and North America. Her work focused on facilitating Peace Camps and coming alongside young leaders to support, equip, and build capacity to make holistic change in their local communities. She has her Master's degree in Secondary Education from the University of Delaware, and an undergraduate degree in Literature and Theatre form Eastern University. She works for the Five & Two Network in the convergent space between Peacemaking and Reconciliation and Community Centered Development.

  • Scott is originally from the USA and has lived and worked with YWAM An Cuan in Northern Ireland for the last 10 years. For the last 13 years YWAM An Cuan has been a reconciliation-centred missional community engaging with both local and international peacebuilding. In 2021, Scott along with his wife Yasmine accepted the role of Director at YWAM An Cuan. In July 2022 they welcomed their first child, Mateo. He is now juggling leading an international, intergenerational and interdenominational missions community towards a more holistic vision of missions, cooking his family dinners and being the best father he can be.

  • Born in Sarajevo in the 1980’s, Mirela had a front row seat to the breakup of Yugoslavia and the siege of Sarajevo. In her twenties, Mirela realized that the war impacted her more deeply than she had previously acknowledged, and this realization launched her into an introspective journey to grapple with and heal from her own trauma. This individual healing process clarified her sense of personal calling and mission: to work for individual and collective healing through mental health and peacebuilding work. She has over 10 years of experience working in both for-profit and non-profit sectors in project coordination, program management, training, facilitation, and translation. She is currently specializing in Gestalt Psychotherapy to become a trauma therapist to more effectively address the unengaged trauma manifesting in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) as depression, anxiety, and addictions. She is also an affiliate trainer with Trauma Free World and holds a Bachelor’s degree in philosophy from the University of Sarajevo.

  • Bryan is a peacebuilding consultant, conflict transformation trainer, and Director of International Peacebuilding at Peace Catalyst International. Bryan and his family have lived in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina since 2017, where they have been learning alongside and supporting the work of Muslim, Catholic, and Orthodox peacebuilders. Bryan also hosts workshops, conducts training, and teaches about peace-oriented theology, peacebuilding practices, and how Christian groups can get involved in community peacebuilding. He regularly organizes learning experiences for international and regional Balkan participants that cultivate understanding and empathy for the narratives of other groups, ultimately with the aim to deepen relational connections that allow for collaborative work.

  • Phil Wagler joined works as the Global Director of the Peace and Reconciliation Network (PRN), a commission of the World Evangelical Alliance. Phil first joined PRN as the North American regional coordinator in 2019 and became PRN Global Director in 2022. Phil grew up in Ontario, Canada and by God's grace became a follower of Jesus in his late teens. His theological, leadership and mission studies and life experiences have equipped him for the pastoral, mission agency, and college ministry assignments God has called him to. He is deeply committed to inspiring and equipping the local church for holistic mission and the ministry of reconciliation and is author of numerous publications. Phil and his family live in British Columbia, Canada.

  • David works for the Telos Group as the Director of Communications and Christian Engagement, Washington, DC. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and received degrees in Economics, Political Science, and Philosophy, graduating with highest distinction from the Honors College and receiving the James M. Johnston Distinguished Senior Award. Prior to joining Telos, he spent time living and working in East Asia and completed the Falls Church Fellows program in 2019-2020.

    David is passionate about supporting transitional justice and conflict transformation in the Middle East as an American of Syrian descent. He also believes in the transformative power of Christian communities claiming their call to be peacemakers in the US and beyond. His voice can be heard hosting the Telos Check-in podcast and his writing can be read on his substack, “Awakenings.”

Previous Facilitators and Guest Speakers

  • Daniel is the Executive Director of Musalaha, an organization that teaches, facilitates and trains reconciliation mainly between Israelis and Palestinians from diverse ethnic and religious backgrounds. Born and raised in Jerusalem, Daniel is both Palestinian and British with an Israeli passport. Prior to Daniel's work with Musalaha, Daniel co-founded Lighthouse Relief as a response to the influx of refugees in Greece. He later worked with the Danish Refugee Council and Nonviolent Peaceforce in Greece and Iraq. Daniel holds an MBA with Distinction from Durham University Business School, UK. In addition, he graduated with honors from the highly selective 3-year Global Scholars Program at American University in Washington D.C., focusing on International Relations and Religious Studies. Daniel is the only Palestinian ever to be invited to personally address the UN Security Council in New York.

  • Saleem Anfous, husband and father of three beautiful girls, is a tour guide in Bethlehem and Project Manager for the Muslim/Christian Young Adults program at Musalaha.

    Saleem originates from Aboud, the heart of Palestine’s finest olive oil, and has called Bethlehem home for over 25 years.

    Inspired by the lack of initiatives bridging Muslim and Christian communities in Palestine, Saleem is excited to work alongside the young adults of Bethlehem. His deep connection to both his Palestinian and Christian identities fuels his commitment to breaking down internal walls and managing the external challenges of living under the Israeli military occupation.

  • Keith Giles is a former pastor who left the pulpit to follow Jesus and start a house church where no one takes a salary and 100 percent of all offerings are given to help the poor in the community. He has been a published writer since 1989.

    He is the author of several books, including: "Jesus Unbound: Liberating the Word of God from the Bible" and "Jesus Untangled: Crucifying Our Politics To Pledge Allegiance To The Lamb."

    Keith is the co-host of the Heretic Happy Hour Podcast which has featured interviews with Bart Ehrman, John Fugelsang, Richard Rohr, Brad Jersak, Greg Boyd, and many others.

    Keith also teaches several online courses including "Square 1: From Deconstruction to Reconstruction" and other courses based on his many books.

    You can follow him online and find out more about his books at http://www.KeithGiles.com

  • Bro. Thierry Marteaux was born in Paris in 1965. After studying French literature at university, he became a Benedictine monk at the Abbey of Bec in Normandy in 1988. With his brothers, he arrived in Northern Ireland in 1988 to establish a new monastery in Rostrevor. The community lives the mission of spiritual ecumenism, rooted in prayer, conversion of the heart, and charity.

    In the community, Bro. Thierry is guestmaster and librarian. He likes books and enjoys reading. Because of his Mediterranean roots, his main problem in Norther Ireland is the gentle rain which makes the scenery so green!

  • Kiran Peter is Executive Director of Weaving People to Grow Foundation (WPTG) based in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Kiran is a wife and mother and through WPTG works to promote peaceful coexistence among diverse communities and end injustice and poverty through socio-economic humanitarian development and advocacy. She is a member of the Peace and Reconciliation Network (PRN) Asia team.

  • Director of International Solidarity, Iziko Lamaqabane

    Global Pilgrimage Coordinator & Communications Manager

  • Saji was born in Dallas, grew up in California and moved to Philadelphia to complete his MBA at Eastern University. In 2010, Saji and his family moved to Turkey and began working on a reconciliation process between Armenians and Turks which has become the Armenian Turkish Peace Initiative. Along with Kendra, he led a peace camp in 2016 with Syrian and Turkish Muslims and Western Christians to discuss peace and specifically focus on forgiveness and reconciliation. That first peace camp led to invitations to lead camps in Northern Iraq and Colombia. In addition to his current work as the Director for Global Engagement for the Five & Two Network, Saji helps lead the Multicultural Peace Collaboration (MPC), a joint effort of MCC U.S., West Coast MCC and Fresno Pacific University’s Center for Anabaptist Studies, which engages young people through experiential learning in communities and unfamiliar spaces to grow their understanding of and commitment to peacebuilding. Saji is married to Bindu and they have four children and a golden retriever named Cleo!

  • Lisa Sharon Harper is the founder and president of Freedom Road, a groundbreaking consulting group that crafts experiences that bring common understanding and common commitments that lead to common action toward a more just world. Lisa is a public theologian whose writing, speaking, activism and training has sparked and fed the fires of re-formation in the church from Ferguson and Charlottesville to South Africa, Brazil, Australia and Ireland. Lisa’s book, Fortune: How Race Broke My Family And The World--And How To Repair It All was named one of the “Best Books of 2022” and The Very Good Gospel was named 2016 “Book of the Year” by Englewood Review of Books. The Huffington Post identified Lisa as one of 50 Women Religious Leaders to Celebrate on International Women’s Day. Lisa is host of the Freedom Road Podcast, cohost of The FOUR Podcast and author of her weekly column on Substack, “The Truth Is...”.

  • Stephanie is Peace Catalyst's Grants Manager and leads the organization's monitoring and evaluation processes. Locally, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, she works with the local organization Udruženje Nit organizing educational opportunities and supporting the work of local peacebuilders. She also contributes to grant-dependent monitoring and evaluation needs for various peace projects in BiH.

  • Bob is the National Director and senior facilitator for the Uganda office of the Pilgrim Center for Reconciliation Uganda (PCR). PCR’s mission is to bring hope and healing by renewing individuals, restoring relationships, and revitalizing communities through the work of reconciliation. Beyond Uganda’s borders, Bob is also the lead coordinator for PCR’s South Sudan office and his work takes him to Rwanda, Kenya, Burundi, and Congo, focusing on peacebuilding training, menstrual health, community development, and youth empowerment. Prior to joining PCR Bob worked for over 13 years with World Outreach Ministry Foundation as communication liaison and media & communication officer for Uganda Christian Outreach Ministries. He earned a B.A. Honor’s Degree and his Master’s in Operations Management.

  • Jonny Clark is Corrymeela’s Public Theology Programme Manager. He is a facilitator and mediator working in political and inter-faith contexts.

    He has been working for faith-based organisations for decades, directing their work and establishing a successful residential centre. In addition, he has produced over 40 podcasts and a documentary by the same name: Guardians of the Flame. Jonny has devoted significant energy to the development of peacebuilding organisations around the world in post-conflict societies. His involvement in peacebuilding work continues to this day.

  • Director of Iziko Lamaqabane

    Decolonial Epistemology & Black Methodologies Research

  • Jebaraj pastors Faith Church of God, a nondenominational church in Chennai, India, where he lives with his beautiful wife Nancy and their two daughters. He received his M.Div from Hindustan Bible Institute (HBI) Chennai and was ordained by the Indian National Evangelical Churches in the year 2000. In addition to pastoring, he worked with the Inter-Collegiate Prayer Fellowship (ICPF) in the Tamilnadu State of India from 2001 to 2011 while also studying to obtain his MA and M.Phil in Christian Studies.

    Over the last two decades, Jebaraj’s faith has shifted significantly, and he now believes the focus for Christians should be peacebuilding in the midst of all the religious divisions and conflicts around us. Christian priorities to proselytize and convert their neighbors contribute significantly to interpersonal and intergroup hostilities and even political “othering” of Christians on the communal and national level. Instead, Christians must learn to build peace in order to live as blessings for their neighbors and communities.