American Friends Service Committee: based on the Quaker belief in the worth of every person and faith in the power of love to overcome violence and injustice

Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America: includes information on many peace-related projects, activities, news items, books, and resources

Bat Shalom: women with a vision for a just peace

Buddhist Peace Fellowship: a Buddhist perspective on contemporary peace, environmental, and social justice movements

Caritas International: a confederation of 162 Catholic relief, development and social service organisations working to build a better world

Catholic Worker: founded by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin in 1933 & grounded in a firm belief in the God-given dignity of every person

Christian Peacemaker Teams: arose from a call in 1984 for Christians to devote the same discipline and self-sacrifice to nonviolent peacemaking that armies devote to war

Every Church a Peace Church: lists resources on speakers, events, websites, and worship suggestions

Fellowship of Reconciliation: an interfaith organization committed to active nonviolence as a transforming way of life and as a means of radical change

Franciscan Youth International: a catalyst linking Franciscan Youth to one another, and to crucial issues that Franciscans, the United Nations, and the people of the world are facing today

Friends Committee on National Legislation: founded in 1943 by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers); FCNL works to advocate social and economic justice, peace, and good government

Interfaith Voices for Peace & Justice: a communications network for faith-based activist groups

International Committee for the Peace Council: a diverse group of religious and spiritual individuals who have decided to come together to demonstrate that effective interreligious collaboration to make peace is possible

Jewish Peace Fellowship: honors conscientious objection, individual dignity, and human freedom to work for a world where war and violence are replaced by peace and justice

Jewish Voice for Peace: a diverse and democratic community of activists inspired by Jewish tradition to work together for peace, social justice, and human rights

Lutheran Peace Fellowship: a network of Lutherans across the US and around the globe, responding to the Gospel call to be peacemakers and justice seekers

Mennonite Central Committee: strives for peace, justice and the dignity of all people by sharing experiences, resources and faith

Muslim Peace Fellowship: a gathering of peace and justice-oriented Muslims of all backgrounds dedicated to making the beauty of Islam evident

National Council of Churches Justice & Advocacy Committee: cooperates in efforts to pursue justice in church and society, especially the elimination of poverty in the United States, racial justice, justice for women, environmental justice and responses to the urban crisis

National Religious Campaign Against Torture: joins people of faith committed to ensuring that the United States does not engage in torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of anyone, without exceptions

On Earth Peace: an agency rooted in the Church of the Brethren empowering people to discern the things that make for peace

Orthodox Peace Fellowship: an association of Orthodox Christians belonging to different nations and jurisdictions trying to live the peace of Christ in day-to-day life

Pax Christi USA: an extensive site for the national Catholic group focused on Christian nonviolence

Peace and Justice Support Network: supported by Mennonite Church USA with an extremely helpful collection of peacemaking resources on all levels

Peacemaker Ministries: equipping & assisting Christians & their churches to respond to conflict biblically

Presbyterian Peacemaking Program: includes a variety of resources, events and programs that assists the church as it responds to the gospel calling to "Seek peace and pursue it"

The Shalom Center: directed by Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Ph. D.; brings Jewish and other spiritual thought and practice to bear on seeking peace, pursuing justice, healing the earth, and celebrating community

United Religious Initiative: promotes enduring, daily interfaith cooperation to end religiously motivated violence and to create cultures of peace, justice and healing

World Conference of Religions for Peace: the largest international coalition of representatives from the world’s great religions dedicated to promoting peace

World Council of Churches: the broadest and most inclusive among the many organized expressions of the modern ecumenical movement, a movement whose goal is Christian unity

 

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