Join The National Registry of Peace Churches

JOIN US!

1.  Individuals, small groups, and congregations  are invited to sign the National Registry of Peace Churches.  You can do that by going to this page (click the link).  http://www.ecapc.org/RegistryForm.asp

2.  An additional, deeper step of involvement, would be to join ECAPC itself as a movement.  This page describes the step of joining ECAPC.

If you are in sympathy with one of the peace church affirmations below, please affiliate by filling out and submitting the form below. Affiliation identifies your church as an ECAPC memeber church which publicly embraces nonviolence as its method of struggle for justice and peace, and which hopes that other churches will do the same.

See this link for a sample resolution which a church could pass to affirm their decision to affiliate: Sample Resolution to Join

Here are process steps to lead a congregation in deciding whether it will affiliate as a peace church.

Here you can read about the process and content of other churches' decisions to join the ECAPC movement or to sign on to the National Registry of Peace Churches: Network with other peace churches!

After reading the information below,

* Individuals may click here to join.

We request a $10 donation for individual memberships (yes, peacemaking too takes resources!), but if that is too much, send what you can.

* Small groups (details here) and

* Congregations may cut and paste the form below into an email, fill it out and return it (clickable email address below). Or, print the form, fill it out with a pen and mail it in.

Following is an alternative, briefer peace church affirmation. (We are very aware that there is no perfect way to say this. The fact that we have four written Gospels, not one, should make Christians forever unwilling to say things only one way!) Eventually this might replace the other one. For the present, it is your choice. Take one to your church or small group, affirm it, and join!

The Peace Church Affirmation (2)

Following Jesus in nonviolent struggle for justice and peace,
we love our neighbors and enemies as God loves us all,
becoming a peace church to share in God’s work to save the world.

Form 1

Affiliation Form

We are joining the Every Church A Peace Church Movement. Date: ___________

Our financial support (minimum of $1.00 per person in our church) is enclosed: $________

CONGREGATION: ____ ASSOCIATION/MEETING: ____ DENOMINATION: ____
(Check one)

NAME OF
COMMUNITY: _____________________________________________________

CONTACT
PERSON/TITLE: ___________________________________________________

ADDRESS: ______________________________________________________

PHONE: _____________________ FAX: _________________________

EMAIL: _____________________ WEBSITE: ______________________

COMMENTS: Description of community, history, action plans, etc. Write on reverse side or attach.

Fax to 717.859.1958 or Email to

Fax to 717.859.1958 or Email to diane.fordjones@gmail.com
Surface mail to ECAPC, PO Box 240, Akron PA 17501 USA

Form 2

ECAPC CO-SPONSORSHIP FORM

Congregations, associations or denominations who wish take a larger step and wish to be CO-SPONSORS of ECAPC agree to the following:

We also wish to co-sponsor by taking the following two actions:
1. Donate a minimum of $2,000 initially, and financial support thereafter as able and led.
Check enclosed: $_________

PEACE CHURCH LIST

Click here to see the growing list of those who have signed on as Affiliated Congregations, Associations or Denominations.

A listing here simply indicates agreement with the Peace Church Affirmation on the Join Us! form. Those who have a fundamental disagreement with the methods and goals of nonviolence will probably not show up here.