Core Values:
Justice and Peace
Justice encourages us to live out God’s radical love by confronting powers that deny the fullness of life and the integrity of creation. Peace emboldens us to be instruments of reconciliation, restoring relationships with God, humanity and creation. As you’ll see in the following stories, justice is more than righting individual wrongs. Justice calls us to reimagine entire systems of power and relationships. Peace, being much more than the absence of war and violence, provides the vision for finding new ways of encountering and engaging with the other. The stories below are written by mission personnel and international partners to highlight this core value.
Justice
Living out God’s radical love by confronting powers that deny the fullness of life and the integrity of creation
Refugees with the Face of Jesus: A Story from Hungary
Szabina Sztojka and Rev. Balázs Ódor
Justice for the Oppressed: A Story from Israel/Palestine
Ariel Royer
Questions
1. Our partners around the world help us see injustice through their lives and experiences. When have you experienced injustice, either personally or through the eyes of someone else?
2. When do you see injustices harming you? Where do you see injustices benefiting you?
3. As people of faith, who are our obligations in responding to injustice?
Peace
Embodying reconciling relationships with God, humanity and creation
Where do we see Christ?
Daniel Lee
Ministering to Marginalized Groups: A Story from Hungary
Szabina Sztojka and Rev. Balázs Ódor
Questions
1. How does peace depend on reconciliation and healed relationships? What are the building blocks to establishing peace?
2. How can we be peacemakers and peace builders in our communities?
3. There is a saying “There is no peace without justice.” How is one dependent on the other?
