The road to peace is long. You weren’t meant to walk it alone.

The Center for Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation at Fuller Seminary equips, connects, and forms Christian leaders to understand the roots of conflict, respond wisely in moments of crisis, and cultivate the long-term relational and institutional health necessary for lasting peace.

The future witness of the Church depends on leaders formed for the challenges of our time.

WHY THIS WORK MATTERS

The ability to navigate conflict, sustain relationships, and cultivate trust has never been peripheral to the Christian life. Yet many leaders and communities have not been equipped for the relational challenges they now face.

Drawing on the wisdom of the Christian tradition, we help leaders, congregations, and institutions develop the practices and capacities needed to embody the reconciling presence of Christ in a divided world.

  • Caleb Campbell (DMin, 2026)

    Senior Pastor, Desert Springs Church & Director for the Surge Network and the J29 Coalition. Author, Disarming Leviathan: Loving Your Christian Nationalist Neighbor

  • Greta Bennett (PhD Candidate)

    Associate Pastor of Formation and Action, First Baptist Pasadena, and retired former U.S. Army Officer.

  • Barnabas Lin (PhD Candidate)

    Theologian in Residence at Bethel Community Presbyterian Church

  • M.D. Kinoti (MAICS '02; MAT '02; PhDICS '08)

    Professor of Nonprofit/NGO Management and Sustainable Development Practice, Regis University. Author, Making Peace with Fire

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHT

The 2025-2026
Peace in Practice Study

From October 2025 to March 2026, the Center for Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation conducted a study to understand how Christian leaders are navigating conflict and division in today’s polarized culture.

As part of this work, we surveyed pastors, nonprofit and marketplace leaders, and Christian educators to learn about the challenges they face, the needs they see, and the practices that can help them lead with wisdom and grace in these challenging times. The results of this study are directly shaping the Center's programs, partnerships, and future research designed with and for leaders navigating conflict in their communities.

What we heard surprised us: across denominations, sectors, and regions, leaders repeatedly described feeling isolated and underprepared for the relational challenges they face.

The results of this study will be shared publicly in a forthcoming report scheduled for release in late spring 2026.

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OUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE FIELD

The Anatomy
of Peacebuilding

A three-phase journey that helps leaders discern not only the urgency of a crisis, but the kind of spiritual, psychological, relational, and practical care it requires—strengthening responses across the entire peacebuilding ecosystem.

Phase One: Triage & Crisis Response

Phase Two: Diagnosis & Treatment

Phase Three: Prevention

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OUR AREAS OF WORK

Discernment

We help leaders make sense of complex challenges by listening deeply and asking often overlooked questions. Our discernment process brings clarity to what is happening beneath the surface so that responses are rooted in wisdom rather than reaction.

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OUR AREAS OF WORK

Formation

We attend to the inner formation of leaders as an essential foundation for peacebuilding. As such, we focus on who leaders are becoming, not just what they are doing. Formation cultivates the inner resilience and moral courage needed for sustained leadership.

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OUR AREAS OF WORK

Connection

We bring leaders together in thoughtfully designed spaces for learning, dialogue, and shared reflection. Bringing together a diversity of leaders fosters relationships across difference and creates the conditions for trust, collaboration, and collective wisdom to emerge.

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WHERE TO FIND US

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