Last month, in partnership with our church, Fellowship of Christ, Carrie and I and our Peace Catalyst crew hosted a Muslim-Christian Thanksgiving Gathering. More than 30 of our Muslim friends, representing several different area mosques, blessed us with their presence, and we had almost as many Christians from a number of different churches.

After spending the day with a newly-arrived Muslim family from Darfur, Lynda Evenson looked at me and said, "Well, I'm hooked! I had a wonderful time with Mohammed and his family. His wife is beautiful, and his children are as cute as they can be!" Lynda and her husband are now members of our first Friendship Partner Team. 

PCI's Martin Brooks has been making a series of short video interviews with his friend Imam Wasif. They discuss a wide range of issues concerning Christian-Muslim relations, and today they talk about what happens after death according to Islam.

"To tell you the truth, I've done the normal, 'nice' interfaith stuff, and now I want something different," my Muslim friend said as he looked down at his coffee. "I want to start a group that takes seriously working for peace, compassion, and justice - we need to stand up for each other and really work for the good of our neighbor. I think you would agree - are you interested?"

When God turned my life toward peacemaking, I had a difficult time finding a mature evangelical leader who was both an authentic peacemaker and a faithful witness to Jesus. But I finally found one in David Shenk.

PCI's Martin Brooks has been making a series of short video interviews with his friend Imam Wasif. They discuss a wide range of issues concerning Christian-Muslim relations, and today they talk about the treatment of non-Muslims in Muslim-majority countries. 

Most Americans support religious freedom and believe that everyone should have the right to follow their conscience without fear. But too few Americans show concern for the plight of people persecuted for their faith around the world.

There are many kinds of peacemaking out there and many people who are doing great things. We at Peace Catalyst identify ourselves specifically as Jesus-Centered peacemakers, and in this video our President Rick Love talks about what this means and what distinctives characterize us as as people who do peacemaking in the way of Jesus.

Religious freedom is one of the most important peacemaking challenges of the 21st century, and Chris Seiple is on the cutting edge.