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The Gospel of Reconciliation

Christian peacebuilding
is a part of Christian discipleship

and reassert the Church’s calling

to pursue a peaceful and just society in our day

Peter Rowan is the co-national director of OMF UK and one of the keenest thinkers about the future of mission in the UK. In this interview, Peter shares how his Northern Irish background, his study of the Scriptures and his experience on the mission field have shaped his thinking about the place of societal reconciliation in the gospel.

Peter’s PhD thesis was published as Proclaiming the Peacemaker and subsequently in a shortened version as Seeking Reconciliation both published by Regnum. Peter makes mention of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland’s Vision for Society.

During the interview, Peter mentions the following books:

During the interview, Peter also refers to the following books.

Gladys Ganiel, Considering Grace

The Walter Macken trilogy:
Seek the Fair Land
The silent people
The Scorching Wind

Michael Cassidy, The Passing Summer: South Africa and the Politics of Love

Michael Gorman, Becoming the Gospel

Harvie Conn, Bible Studies on World Evangelisation and the Simple Lifestyle

J Andrew Kirk, A new World Coming: A fresh look at the Gospel for Today

James McBride, Deacon King Kong

Aaron Belz, Soft Launch, and one of his previous collections is Glitter Bomb

Christian Wiman, Joy: 100 poems