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Washington D.C., DC, USA Overview
The Telos Peacemakers Cohort brings together a select group of American Christian leaders, offering them unique immersive experiences, in-depth teaching from paradigm–shifting peacemakers, theologians and teachers from around the world, and space for candid conversations.
The challenges of ministering in an era of toxic polarization are compounded by the significant role American Christians have played in creating and driving the mess we’re in. The Telos Peacemaking Cohort program offers in-depth teaching from paradigm-shifting peacemakers, theologians and teachers from around the world; unique immersive experiences; and space for candid conversations, all designed to deepen your understanding of peacemaking and better equip you to disciple others to follow Jesus in this way.
We are confident that the Telos Peacemaking Cohort program will enable you to receive valuable training and skill development, build honest relationships with other leaders in America and abroad, and develop action plans to implement peacemaking in your community.
Virtual Meetings
Online discussions with global peacemakers and an open space for group collaboration, covering topics such as...
- The Principles and Practices of Peacemaking
- Shalom and the Kingdom of God
- Discipleship in a Divided Age
- The Weaponization of Christianity Against Vulnerable People
- The Church and Racial Justice
- The Church and Antisemitism
- The Church and Christian Zionism
- Christian Nationalism
Immersive trip #1 - Holy Land Pilgrimage
Dates: February 5 (PM Departure from location of origin) - 13 (AM Arrival back home), 2024
This pilgrimage has the power to be one of the most transformational experiences of your life. It will give you the opportunity to not only walk in Jesus’ footsteps, but to enter into the lives of the people of modern Israel and Palestine. While grappling with one of the worlds’ thorniest conflicts, you’ll witness both the beauty and suffering of the Holy Land.
The cohort will meet Israelis and Palestinians; religious, political, and military leaders; and human rights and social justice activists. We will walk the halls of Yad Vashem, the Israeli Holocaust memorial and museum; share a Shabbat meal with Jewish families; visit a refugee camp; fellowship with the indigenous Palestinian Christian community; learn about Islam and Muslim connections to Jerusalem; and meet with Israeli settlers living in the West Bank.
Together we will feast on delicious cuisine, contemplate beautiful scenery, visit ancient sacred sites, and learn from Israelis and Palestinians—Jews, Christians and Muslims—who are pursuing justice, peacemaking and reconciliation.
Immersive trip #2 - ReStory US; Pilgrimage to the American South
Dates: April 3 (AM Departure) - 10 (PM Arrival home), 2024
Americans hold in common the aspiration for “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness” for all. But our widely differing past experiences and current reality create multiple American narratives. The cohort will journey together to the American South for an educational pilgrimage that will both uncover this shared past and build a vision for a new future.
We will join conversations with Native American communities along Louisiana’s bayous, and with modern–day civil rights leaders in Selma. The cohort will engage spiritually with faith leaders in Jackson, Mississippi, and meet with educators and entrepreneurs in New Orleans and Montgomery. You will not only be inspired from meaningful encounters with places and people prominent in the Civil Rights Movement, but also enjoy a deep appreciation for homegrown American music and cuisine.
This pilgrimage will provide you with the tools, relationships, and inspiration to wrestle with a more complete telling of the American story. With it, we can better work to heal the racial injustice, inequality, and political polarization that plague our nation today.
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Peacemaker Closing Retreat
Dates: May 27 (AM Departure from home) - June 1 (Afternoon Arrival home) , 2024
The cohort will gather in a beautiful retreat space to meet together for a time of reflection and contemplation. It will provide an opportunity to help plan ways in which you can implement peacemaking into your community.
