“Every movement in the peacebuilding journey is a step of encounter toward another human soul.”
The Story
of (Re)union
Throughout much of human history, we have told ourselves a particular story about progress: that if we could know more, understand more, and see farther than those who came before us, we might finally become capable of solving the problems that have long divided us. And so we have accumulated knowledge, built institutions, developed frameworks and methods, and studied conflict and mapped its causes. We have become better at understanding the forces that pull people apart and more sophisticated in the practices we use to bring them back together.
The conflicts we are being asked to navigate are also increasingly complex, accelerated by technologies that collapse distance and carry the wounds, fears, and grievances of one community almost instantly into another. The work has grown wider, faster, and more demanding. And somewhere along the way, many of those called to build peace have grown tired. Whether serving in churches, ministries, nonprofits, classrooms, businesses, or communities, peacebuilders are often entrusted with helping others navigate conflict, division, loss, and change, yet too rarely have the opportunity to step away, be renewed, and remember that they are not carrying this calling alone.
As followers of Jesus, this matters in a particular way. We are not simply practitioners of peace; we are followers of the Prince of Peace. Peace cannot only be something we seek for others. It must also be something God is forming in us, through our life with God and with one another. What if the future of peacebuilding depends not only on what we know or what we do, but on how we are being formed together?
(Re)union 2027: Renewing the Soul of Peacebuilding begins here. For three days, we will gather people who have given themselves to the work of peace for worship, conversation, learning, reflection, shared practice, and time together. We will create space to tend to the work before us and to the people we are becoming as we do it. Our hope is to return differently: more rooted, connected, and attentive to God and one another, renewed for the work ahead.
We intentionally designed (Re)union to feel less like a conference and more like an encounter. We will hear from voices within the peacebuilding field and from those who bring wisdom from other disciplines and traditions. Room will be made to think, pray, listen, and rediscover what the work of peace requires, and what it may yet make possible.
We hope you will join us.
Renewing
the Soul of
Peacebuilding
JAN 27-29, 2027 ⎹ PASADENA, CA
(RE)UNION IS FOR YOU IF YOU ARE…Carrying the work of peace in a hurting and divided world
Whether in a congregation, community, organization, institution, or other place where difference must be navigated faithfully.
Hungry for a deeper imagination of what peace requires
While seeking space, as a peacebuilder, to reconnect your inner life with the work you are called to do.
Convinced that peace is a pursuit best done in community
And as such, are looking for deeper relationships, shared wisdom, and companions for the long work ahead.
HOW TO PREPAREThe Rhythms of (Re)union
(Re)union is organized around five rhythms—RECEIVE, SEE, SEEK, GATHER, and RETURN—that provide the scaffolding for the gathering. Together, these rhythms move us from arrival to expectency, from expectancy to attention, from attention to discernment, from discernment to relationship, and ultimately back into the places where peace must be lived. In this way, the rhythms are not simply the structure of the gathering; they are an invitation to experience renewal as part of the work of peacebuilding itself.
RHYTHM ONE ⎹ RECEIVEBegin from gift,
not striving.
We enter by receiving again our identity, calling, and belovedness before God. Before asking what peacebuilding requires, we attend to what God has already given and is already doing.
RHYTHM TWO ⎹ SEEAttend deeply to God, to ourselves, and to one another.
Peacebuilding requires learning to see beyond categories, positions, and functions to the person before us. This rhythm invites greater attentiveness to the relationships through which peace becomes possible.
RHYTHM THREE ⎹ SEEKDiscern what
faithfulness requires.
Having received and seen differently, we turn toward discernment: What is God inviting us toward? What must be renewed in ourselves, our institutions, and the broader work of peacebuilding?
RHYTHM FOUR ⎹ GATHERRecognize that peacebuilding is
a shared journey.
Peacebuilding is not solitary work. This rhythm turns intentionally toward community, interdependence, collaboration, and the ecosystem of people and institutions necessary for sustainable peace.
RHYTHM FIVE ⎹ RETURNCarry renewal
back into the work.
Our gathering concludes not with resolution, but with return. Here we consider what we will carry home, what practices and relationships we must sustain, and how we will re-enter our communities
Pricing &
Registration
EARLY REGISTRATION — $395
Available through 11:59pm on October 17, 2026.
STANDARD REGISTRATION — $495
Price after early registration closes on October 17, 2026, while space remains.
STUDENT REGISTRATION — $195
Proof of student status must be presented at check-in.
*Registration includes the full three-day (Re)union experience, including all sessions, shared meals, and refreshments throughout the gathering.
What You
Can Expect
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Rather than a succession of presentations, many of (Re)unions sessions will take the form of conversations across disciplines, traditions, and experiences, inviting us to wrestle together with questions that do not have easy answers. You’ll hear from theologians, practitioners, artists, scholars, organizational leaders, and voices from beyond the traditional peacebuilding field.
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The gathering will unfold through five movements: RECEIVE. SEE. SEEK. GATHER. RETURN. Together, they create a rhythm for the three days, moving us from receiving what God may already be doing, toward seeing more clearly, seeking what is needed, gathering around one another, and returning to our communities renewed for the work ahead.
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Some of (Re)union’s most important moments will likely happen between the scheduled ones. With attendance intentionally limited to 120 people, (Re)union is being designed to make room for meaningful conversation, new friendships, unexpected connections, and the kind of accompaniment that becomes possible when we have enough time to actually know one another.
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Peacebuilding is more than something we talk about. Throughout (Re)union, worship, prayer, silence, reflection, and shared practices will be woven into our time together, creating space to attend to our own formation as carefully as we attend to the conflicts around us.
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We are not interested in sending you home with an overflowing notebook and an even longer list of things to do. Our hope is that you leave more rooted in God, more connected to others who share this calling, more attentive to what this moment requires, and renewed for whatever work awaits you when you return.
2027 SPEAKER PREVIEW-
Rev. Nicole Massie Martin
President, Christianity Today
KEYNOTE SPEAKER -
John Paul Lederach
Peacebuilder, Author and Scholar; Senior Fellow at Humanity United
IN CONVERSATION WITH: DAVID COREY -
David Corey
Professor of Political Science, Baylor University; Director, Baylor in Washington, D.C.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: JOHN PAUL LEDERACH -
Leonard McMahon
Political Theologian; CEO, Common Ground Dialogue
IN CONVERSATION WITH: JASMINE BELLAMY -
Jasmine Bellamy
Love Practitioner; Executive Director, Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation
IN CONVERSATION WITH: LEONARD MCMAHON
Wednesday, January 27
12:00 p.m.
Registration opens
1:30 p.m.
Welcome & Worship: Receive
3:00 p.m.
The Practice of Receiving
4:15 p.m.
Break
5:00 p.m.
Cocktail Reception
5:30 p.m.
Dinner and Evening Plenary
Thursday, January 28
8:00 a.m.
Morning Prayer and Worship
9:00 a.m.
Morning Session: See
Christian friendship and the politics of peace
10:15 a.m.
Coffee break
10:45 a.m.
The Practice of Seeing
Creative breakout sessions around Fuller
12:15 p.m.
Lunch in small groups
1:45 p.m.
Afternoon Session: Seek
What sustains a life given to peace?
3:00 p.m.
Coffee Break
3:30 p.m.
The Practice of Seeking
Creative breakout sessions around Fuller
5:30 p.m.
Dinner Around Pasadena
For general attendees, we encourage you to dine with new friends and old friends alike at the many restaurants within a 15-minute walk of Fuller Seminary. A limited number of experiential and interactive dinner options will be shared closer to the event.
Patrons, CPC members, breakout leaders, speakers, and volunteers are invited to an optional dinner hosted by the Center for Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation (pre-registration requested).
Friday, January 29
8:00 a.m.
Morning Prayer and Worship
8:50 a.m.
Morning Session: The Practice of Gathering
Gathering as a movement of resistance and protest in the pursuit of peace.
10:10 a.m.
Closing (Re)union Session: Return
Cultivating love as an authentic practice that shapes how we listen, lead, encounter difference, tell the truth, and then return to the work and to one another.
11:20 a.m.
Benediction & Close
12:00 p.m.
(Re)union Concludes
Program details reflect our current plans and may evolve as the gathering approaches.
PROGRAM
Join Us
At (Re)union
To preserve the depth of the experience, attendance is intentionally limited to just 120 participants. While select sessions will be available online, (Re)union is designed first and foremost as an in-person gathering.
January 27–29, 2027
Fuller Theological Seminary
Pasadena, California
TIME UNTIL (RE)UNION