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OUR LIFE AND WORK WILL BE GOVERNED BY:
1. Love. We will love all
people unconditionally and we will practice selfless
love to the point of offering our
lives to the people with whom we are
called to live and to
serve. This is exemplified in the humble life of Jesus of
Nazareth whom we follow in response to His sacrificial love.
2. Truth. By God's grace, we will not lie. As witnesses to the truth
we have
experienced in Jesus Christ, we
will initiate transparent and honest
interaction with all the people
concerned as we relate with them and as
we formulate and implement our
policies.
3. Justice. As justice is an
attribute of God, our tasks will be implemented in
accordance with what is
just and equitable among all people concerned. We
will
listen to, and suffer with, those
who have been oppressed because of historical
injustice. Because of the
redemptive nature of Jesus' Way, we will act justly
as we peacefully seek the healing
of the nations from all forms of injustice.
4. Forgiveness. Using the
energies available to us through the power of the
Holy Spirit, we will
absorb the violence committed against us so that our
lives may be used as servants to
stop the cycle of violence within us and
around us. We will seek the
forgiveness of people and communities who were
treated unjustly by some of our fellow
Christians—who misused the name of
Christ to advance their greed for wealth
and power.
5. Peace. We will seek
harmony and reconciliation with the Creator, with
our Being, with Others, and
with the Creation. We believe in solving
problems through
non-violence. By God's grace and mercy, we will not use
weapons to hurt or to kill people
as a means to accomplish our dreams,
mission, and objectives.
6. Voluntary Service. The backbone of
our community will be the
voluntary efforts of our team
members as they offer their time, or their
skills, or their financial
resources for the cause of peace.
7. Respect. As fellow-beings
created in the image of God, we will work with
all people, respecting the
differences in our worldviews, value systems,
and behavior patterns. As
fellow stewards of our planet, we will respect
traditional ways of preserving
our natural environment.
8. Patience. The work of
peacebuilding in each context is a long-term
process. Though we will
seek wisdom from the lessons learned from other
contexts, we will not be
presumptuous to use them as "quick-fix solutions"
to a specific conflict-situation
we are facing. We will always consult
patiently with the people with
whom we are called to love and to serve.
9. Mutual Learning. Because all truth
is God's truth, we will seek to be both
learners and teachers when we
work with other people. We recognize
that modern knowledge can be
harmonized with traditional wisdom from
many cultures, and that this
harmonized learning will enrich our mutual
growth and development.
10. Accountability. We will submit
ongoing reports to all the people
concerned—sponsors, clients,
volunteers, staff—as we manage the
resources entrusted to us.
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