{"id":112097,"date":"2023-04-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/?post_type=mwcresource&#038;p=112097"},"modified":"2025-04-09T21:04:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T21:04:56","slug":"membership-application-gapn","status":"publish","type":"mwcresource","link":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/membership-application-gapn\/","title":{"rendered":"Membership Application: Global Anabaptist Peace Network (GAPN)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>Global Anabaptist Peace Network (GAPN)<\/strong>&nbsp;is a network that seeks to connect and support peace organizations (agencies, schools, training programs, research projects, think-tanks, activist-focused initiatives, activists, scholars) that have emerged from and serve our global Anabaptist church communion. Our hope is to provide a supportive community as we work together at making our world a better and more just place. We want to help one another in embodying and witnessing to justice, peace, and reconciliation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In our pursuit of these goals, the GAPN seeks to:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><em>Connect<\/em><\/strong> the \u201cfruit\u201d of our Mennonite World Conference related churches and walk in solidarity with, and support, one another.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Strengthen<\/em><\/strong> the church and communities of peace and justice in our world and for the world.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Create<\/em><\/strong><em> <strong>opportunities<\/strong><\/em> to explore what it means to be dedicated to Jesus\u2019 way of peace.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Nourish<\/em><\/strong> our Anabaptist Christian identity and our peace consciousness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In seeking the above goals, the GAPN provides the following in our ongoing communal effort in being agents of peace and justice:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Sharing news and resources<\/strong>:&nbsp;we share and provide information,&nbsp;prayer requests, and resources (such as training and educational material) among member organizations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Connect<\/strong>:&nbsp;we want to connect and learn from one another.&nbsp;In order to foster this connection, we help to provide and map organizational presence and activity and share that with member organizations.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Create spaces<\/strong>:&nbsp;we create spaces whereby member organizations can connect, learn, and be transformed through gatherings and opportunities to come together. 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