Building a Culture of Peace

"Always a minority but always passionate about living into peace, the BPFNA has been a beacon of hope for peace-and-justice Baptists all over the world. This story needed to be told. Paul Dekar, as a life-long activist and good historian, brings it to life, reminding us in a lively way--through real people and events--of the centrality of following Jesus our peacemaker."

--Ross Langmead

Dean and Professor of Missiology, Whitley College, Melbourne, Australia



"Regrettably, the work of the Baptist Peace Fellowship has remained a well-kept secret. Hopefully Paul Dekar's generous scholarship--seasoned by his first-hand participation in much of this narrative--will push the lid off the story so its illuminating power is further unleashed. Jubilate Deo!"

--Rev. Ken Sehested

founding director of the Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America



"I've completed the book to my great joy and satisfaction. Paul Dekar has done a terrific job and is obviously the only person in our midst who could have done it. Had we not had Paul, we would simply lose this history as our preserved, continuing story. Paul is a wonderful historian, a wonderful man, and the greatest of friends."

--George Williamson



"I enjoyed every minute reading this book. It's a treasure. It's a story that needed to be told, one that is filled with the kind of heroes that so often remain unsung, the peacemaking kind.

--Lee A. McKenna

Association of Ontario Health Centres and conflict transformation facilitator, Toronto, Ontario