Equipping and assisting Christians to respond to conflict biblically.
Peacemaker Ministries is a non-profit, nondenominational ministry whose mission is to equip and assist Christians and their churches to respond to conflict biblically. We want to partner with people in conflict and help them navigate their conflict and heal their relationships. Peacemaker Ministries' vision is to equip and assist every Christian and every church in the world to respond to conflict biblically.
Christians are called to “love one another” and conflict often gets in the way of us doing that well. Peacemaker Ministries has spent decades developing an effective process to navigate conflict through biblical principles.
Our Beliefs
We believe:
- That the Holy Bible, consisting of the Old and New Testaments, is the only inspired, infallible, inerrant, and authoritative written Word of God;
- that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit;
- in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, his virgin birth, his sinless life, his miracles, his vicarious and atoning death through his shed blood, his bodily resurrection, his ascension to the right hand of the Father, and his personal return in power and glory;
- that for the salvation of lost and sinful people, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely necessary;
- that a person is justified by grace alone, through faith alone in the Lord Jesus Christ alone;
- in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life;
- in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost -- those who are saved, unto the resurrection of life, and those who are lost, unto the resurrection of damnation;
- in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ and his church.
The History of Peacemaker Ministries
Peacemaker Ministries was founded in 1982 by Ken Sande, originally under another name. In the 1990s, the ministry merged with the Association of Christian Conciliation Services and was renamed Peacemaker Ministries. The ministry expanded, developing resources, training hundreds of Christians in conflict coaching and mediation, and assisting countless people to respond to conflict biblically. In 2012, Ken Sande retired from Peacemaker Ministries and Dale Pyne became the new CEO. Peacemaker Ministries moved from Montana to Colorado.
In 2017, P. Brian Noble was appointed as CEO and Peacemaker Ministries moved to the state of Washington. Brian's three books—The Path of a Peacemaker, Living Reconciled, and Daily Wisdom for Peacemaking—provided content for new curriculum and a new App to equip and assist churches and Christians navigate conflict biblically. A new certification program was developed.
In 2023, the Board of Directors of Peacemaker Ministries appointed Laurie Stewart as the next CEO of Peacemaker Ministries and opened a second office, located in Southern California. Peacemaker Ministries continues to serve churches, marriages, workplaces, and individuals through training and reconciliation services based upon its latest curriculum, while continuing to serve others with legacy resources.
How We Do Conflict Differently
Training — Biblical Peacemaking for Every Relationship
Healthy Relationships are important and Peacemaker Ministries wants to help you learn how to navigate conflict in a way that honors God and others.
Peacemaker Ministries offers a variety of training options:
- For those seeking to reconcile broken relationships, we offer the Path of a Peacemaker to learn a conversational approach to biblical reconciliation.
- For those who want to help others find peace and reconcile, we offer conflict coaching and mediation training.
- For those who want peace but are unable to reconcile with the person(s) in the conflict, we offer Living Reconciled, how to find peace in the midst of your most difficult relationships.
Training is offered through live training events, webinars, online courses, and custom training retreats.
We want to help your church, organization, team, family, or YOU learn a better way to handle conflict.
Reconciliation Services — Conflict Coaching & Mediation
Sometimes people in a conflict need assistance in navigating the conflict biblically to
reconcile a broken relationship. To assist others in conflict, Peacemaker Ministries offers conflict coaching and mediation. A conflict coach helps prepare one individual to reconcile differences with others. A mediator helps two or more individuals in a conflict walk through a process of relational reconciliation and restitution to reach a mutually agreeable outcome. Our coaches and mediators use the Path of a Peacemaker process.
Using the Path of a Peacemaker process, individuals are able to share their perspectives, return to their biblical core values, take personal responsibility, and make and implement a plan for the future.
Reconciliation services are available to families, marriages, organizations, and churches.
Resources — Continue Learning & Growing
Want to explore biblical peacemaking on your own? Would you like to share biblical peacemaking with others? Peacemaker Ministries offers a variety of resources to help you learn more about biblical peacemaking and grow in your understanding of how to have healthy relationships. We also have resources available to share biblical peacemaking with others including a free app, on-line courses, small group studies, and devotionals.
Check out what is available at store.peacemakerministries.org!
Ways to Partner — How You Can Help
We would love if you would partner with us as we equip and assist Christians and their churches learn how to navigate conflict biblically. There are several ways for you to partner.
- Become a Prayer Partner—Pray for God to guide us in our mission and vision.
- Become a Financial Partner—Through the generosity of donors, we are able to develop more resources to help those navigating conflict.
- Become a Volunteer Partner—Volunteers are pivotal to the success of Peacemaker Ministries.
- Host a Training Event—Bring a Peacemaker Ministries training to your church or community.
- Become a Certified Peacemaker or choose the level of training that fits you.
Welcome to Peacemaker Ministries! Let’s navigate your conflict together. Our relationships with God and each other are key to building healthy marriages, families, churches, workplaces, and communities. My hope is that you will experience the Gospel in such a deep and profound way, that you will never be the same. If the Gospel is lived out daily, our lives and our relationships will be transformed into the likeness of Jesus Christ.
If there is any way we can serve you, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Laurie Stewart, CEO
Peacemaker Ministries
