Resources

In many ways, our most important work has been to help clarify and define the theology, theory and practice of JustPeace, of a ministry of reconciliation, and help restore the centrality of this calling to the ministry of the church.

• Engage Conflict Well: Our major themes are spelled out on a laminated card, which is carried in the pockets of many United Methodists.  These themes have been expanded in a guide, Engage Conflict Well, which has been shared with thousands of United Methodists, and is now being developed into a book.
• Conflict and Communion: JustPeace edited the book Conflict and Communion, Reconciliation and Restorative Justice at Christ’s Table (Nashville:  The Upper Room, 2006).
• RoundTable Worship: lays out the practice of roundtable worship and its underlying theological principles as they have arisen in a group North Carolina over the past seven years. By incorporating circle processes into the acts of communion and conversation these participants seek to form in themselves the habits and disciplines necessary for the work of conflict transformation.
• Just Resolution and Restorative Justice Principles in the Complaint Procedure of the United Methodist Church: This manual offers guidance regarding Disciplinary complaints.
• Holy Conferencing: A 2005 survey of U.S. conferences by JustPeace revealed that several conferences were seeking to order their life and decision-making processes in ways marked by holy conferencing.  JustPeace continues to be available as a resource to conferences, the Council of Bishops, and the Church as we confer about our faith and life together.  JustPeace is working to complete a Conferencing Tool Kit to assist United Methodists in their preparing for and engaging in holy conferencing.