CHRISTIAN PEACEBUILDING NETWORK

Join our monthly meetings the 2nd Thursday of each month, 9am Eastern / 3pm Central Europe Time, via Zoom

What?

The Christian Peacebuilding Network hosts monthly calls to connect Christian peacebuilders, explore various themes at the intersection of Christian faith and peacebuilding, and to build a collaborative movement.

 
 
 

Who?

We’re an ethnically, culturally, geographically, and organizationally diverse community of Christian peacebuilding practitioners and everyday Christians looking to contribute to the wider Christian peacebuilding movement.

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2026 Meetings

  • May 14, 2026 - The Sin Matrix: From Guilt to Healing

  • June 11, 2026 - Christlike Power: From Triumphalism to Solidarity

  • July 9, 2026 - God’s Purposes Reclaimed: From Chosenness to Collaboration

  • August 13, 2026 - Trauma-Informed Forgiveness: From Obligation to Liberation

  • September 10, 2026 - Repentance: From Tokenism to Transformation

  • October 8, 2026 - A Peacebuilding Atonement: Individual Escape to Communal Healing

  • November 12, 2026 - Good News for All: From Theological Advice to Transformative Solidarity

  • December 10, 2026 - A Healing Journey: From Quick Fixes to Sustained Peacebuilding

Mirela Popaja-Hadžić

Meeting goals:

  1. Connection, networking

  2. Mutual learning as we explore various themes related to Christian faith, peacebuilding, and forming Christians for peacebuilding

  3. Organic opportunities for collaboration

  4. Sustaining relationships and partnerships among Christian peacebuilders around the world 

Facilitation Team

Kendra DeMicco-Lovins

Bob Mayonza

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.

Scott Sotomayor

Scott Sotomayor

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.

Phil Wagler

David Katibah

David Katibah

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.”

Bryan Carey

Practitioner interactive map
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More About the Christian Peacebuilding Network

  • The Church too often responds to conflict with domination or avoidance instead of connection and care. This leads to churches and Christians perpetuating harm and violence in communities and society, rather than following Jesus as healers and peacebuilders.

  • To equip, support, and amplify the work of the Christian peacebuilding movement.

  • We envision God’s holistic peace and peacebuilding mission at the center of Church culture and defining the ways we train, disciple, teach, pray, work, and partner for the just peace and flourishing wholeness of our world.

  • To explore the Christian Peacebuilding Network online community, join our Facebook group and explore the Learning Guides.

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