Links to Peace Oriented Web Sites
1. On Earth Peace is an organization connected to the Church of the Brethren that was founded by M. R. Ziegler and is now under the leadership of Bob Gross. Their web site is: www.onearthpeace.org
2. An integral part of academic life at Elizabethtown College, the Young Center fosters and promotes the study of Anabaptist and Pietist groups. Scholarly and interpretive investigations of the life, culture and beliefs of Anabaptists and Pietists, primarily in their North American context, are conducted by Young Center staff, visiting scholars, and students. Their web site is at:www.etown.edu/YoungCenter.aspx
3. Lancaster Interchurch Peace Witness (LIPW) is a grassroots association of Lancaster County Christian laity, clergy and congregations dedicated to promoting biblical values of justice, peace and nonviolent solutions to conflict. Their web site is at: www.lancasterinterchurchpeacewitness.org
4. David Radcliff, a member of the Church of the Brethren, has founded an organization called the New Community Project. The web site of the organization is www.newcommunityproject.org .
5. The mission of Peace and Justice Support Network of Mennonite Church USA is to proclaim and promote God's desire for justice (Micah 6:8), Christ's call to peacemaking (Matthew 5:9), and the Spirit's reconciling work (Ephesians 2:11-22). Their web site is: www.peace.mennolink.org/
6. United for Peace and Justice is a coalition of more than 1400 local and national groups throughout the United States who have joined together to protest the immoral and disastrous Iraq War and oppose our government's policy of permanent warfare and empire-building. Their web site is: www.unitedforpeace.org/
7. Sojourners mission is to articulate the biblical call to social justice, inspiring hope and building a movement to transform individuals, communities, the church, and the world. The organization was founded by Jim Wallis and has a monthly magazine. Their web site is at: www.sojo.net
8. The web site for YES magazine founded by David Korten, author of The Great Turning, contains many articles and blogs, concerning peace & justice, simple living on our planet, and within our world economy: www.yesmagazine.org
9. Dickinson College library includes a book with a collection of essays by Benjamin Rush, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, entitled, Essays, Literary, Moral & Philosophical. One of the essays is entitled, "An Account of the Manners of the German Inhabitants of Pennsylvania," which ends with the following statement: Perhaps those German sects of Christians among us, who refuse to bear arms for the purpose of shedding human blood, may be preserved by divine providence, as the center of a circle, which shall gradually embrace all nations of the earth in a perpetual treaty of friendship and peace. You can find the actual book at: http://deila.dickinson.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/ownwords&CISOPTR=19843 Click on the table of contents on the left and the page number to see the actual page.
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