Our Mission

At Peacemaker Ministries, our passion is for "Transforming Relationships with the Power of the Gospel." We accomplish this through our mission, which is to equip and assist Christians and their churches to respond to conflict biblically. In a more expanded version, our mission is to equip and assist Christians and their churches to respond to conflict biblically by developing and delivering outstanding, life-changing resources, training, and services to a multitude of receptive churches throughout the world. We prepare church leaders, adults, and children for peacemaking through educational resources, seminars, and training. We also provide conflict coaching, mediation, and arbitration services to resolve church and ministry disputes, lawsuits, family divisions, and business conflicts.

Our History

Peacemaker Ministries was founded in 1982 under the auspices of the Christian Legal Society, which helped to establish many similar ministries throughout the United States. In 1987, many of these conciliation ministries joined together to form the Association of Christian Conciliation Services, which coordinated national networking, education, and conciliation activities. Peacemaker Ministries served for four years as the national headquarters for the ACCS; in 1993 the ACCS merged into Peacemaker Ministries. The 1990’s was a time of significant growth, due to the publishing of Ken Sande’s The Peacemaker, which was followed by a 2nd edition in 1997. Between 2000 and 2010 the staff doubled and many new resources were developed. Peacemaker Ministries’ outreach continues to extend globally, with Peacemaker resources being taught in over 100 countries.

How We Are Organized

The mission of Peacemaker Ministries is carried out through four primary divisions.

The Institute for Christian Conciliation™ works with people who are in conflict and helps them to obtain conflict coaching, mediation, and arbitration services. The ICC also works with gifted peacemakers to provide the conciliation training and certification they need to develop and use their spiritual gifting.

The Distribution & Strategy division works with churches and Christian organizations to provide them with the resources, training, and consulting/risk management services they need to build a Culture of Peace™, where their people are eager and able to resolve conflict and reconcile relationships in a way that clearly reflects the love and power of Jesus Christ. This division also works with parents and teachers and provides them with resources for equipping children to respond to conflict biblically.

The Marketing & Communications division works within the Distribution & Strategy division and seeks to create and support networks of peacemakers,  providing tools to enable them to share best practices and to apply and spread biblical peacemaking in their own communities. This division also conducts creative involvement campaigns to inspire and motivate all Christians, especially church leaders, to embrace biblical peacemaking as an essential discipline of the Christian life.

The International division coordinates the work of Peacemaker Ministries in countries outside the United States. Activities include providing materials and training to churches, parachurch organizations, and individual Christians, and assisting in the development of peacemaking ministries.