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Although non-credal and not explicitly pacifist, the Community of Christ (formerly known as the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints) is emerging as an international peace church through such ministries as the Community of Christ International Peace Award, the Daily Prayer for Peace, and resources to support conscientious ...
Community of Christ Temple in Independence, Missouri, USA. Dedicated 1994. The Daily Prayer for Peace is a spiritual discipline unique to the Community of Christ and practiced at the Independence Temple in the church's headquarters campus in Independence, Missouri. It falls within the most common category of Christian prayer known as supplication.
The International Day of Peace, also officially known as World Peace Day, is a United Nations-sanctioned holiday observed annually on 21 September. It is dedicated to world peace, and specifically the absence of war and violence, such as might be occasioned by a temporary ceasefire in a combat zone for humanitarian aid access.
The Nailloux consisted of five alabaster panels carved in high relief, this retable was made in dedication to the Passion of Jesus Christ. It is currently conserved in a chapel of St Martin's Church in Nailloux, in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. The retable is a typical product of the Nottingham alabaster industry.
The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the first decade of the 21st century and the third millennium, the years 2001 to 2010, as the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World. [1] This followed resolutions about the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the International Day of ...
The testimony of peace has not always been well received in the world; on many occasions Friends have been imprisoned for refusing to serve in military activities. [ citation needed ] Some Friends today regard the testimony of peace in even a broader sense, refusing to pay the portion of the income tax that goes to fund the military.
The Peace Crane Project was founded in 2013 by Sue DiCicco, [1] in order to promote world peace and raise awareness of the International Day of Peace (21 September). A "peace crane" is an origami crane used as peace symbol , by reference to the story of Sadako Sasaki (1943–1955), a Japanese victim of the long-term effects of the nuclear ...
Members of the church of Christ do not conceive of themselves as a new church started near the beginning of the 19th century. Rather, the whole movement is designed to reproduce in contemporary times the church originally established on Pentecost, A.D. 33. The strength of the appeal lies in the restoration of Christ's original church.