Look and Listen: Colombia Accompanier Training in Tucson
This past weekend, I was one of 18 participants in the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship’s Discernment and Training for the Colombia Accompaniment Program (CAP). During an intense three days, we sought to learn the history of…
Colombians Ask for Prayer Amid Increasing Death Threats
The Presbyterian Peace Fellowship expresses its solidarity with the Iglesia Presbiteriana de Colombia (IPC) -- the Presbyterian Church of Colombia -- and joins them in denouncing the most recent death threats made by an armed…
PPF and PCUSA Condemn Hernán Bedoya Assassination and Call for Action
On Friday, December 8th, community leader Hernán Bedoya from the collective territory of Pedeguita and Mancilla was assassinated. The Comisión Interclesial de Justicia y Paz reports that he was shot several times while he was…PPF Trains Accompaniers Still Needed in Colombia
By John Turnbull Over some alternately stormy and surprisingly warm 72 hours in Chicago, six trainees completed the latest Colombia accompaniment training and discernment retreat. Participants from the Presbyteries of Chicago and Sacramento stayed at…Opportunities and Obstacles to Peace in Colombia
Peace signed is not peace realized. That's what our partners in Colombia keep telling us over and over again, and it's what we keep relaying to you over and over again. I heard this message…
A Return to Colombia: Cheerful Courage
[caption id="attachment_509" align="alignright" width="300"] Me and Rev. Diego Higuita on Easter[/caption] Why do I plan to return to Colombia as an accompanier with the Colombian Presbyterian Church (IPC)? I’m looking forward to going back because…