P.E.A.C.E. Plan

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The P E A C E Plan is a humanitarian development program for churches and an evangelical Christian mission from Saddleback Church in Lake Forest in California in the United States.

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History

The P.E.A.C.E. Plan has origins in the reading of an article on orphans of HIV/AIDS in Africa by Kay, the wife of Baptist pastor Rick Warren and a meeting in 2003 of the couple with a pastor of a township of Johannesburg in South Africa. [1] The program was founded in the same year by the Saddleback Church and Warren to combat five development challenges. [2] [3] For 18 months, pilot programs were tested with twinning of villages with small church groups. [4] In 2005, the program was established in Rwanda which was the first permanent partner. [5] [6]

In 2008, after listening to comments from church leaders in various countries on the effectiveness of the program, Rick Warren made several corrections to the program, including the addition of the church reconciliation component. [7]

Programs

The five challenges of the program are: [8]

  1. spiritual emptiness;
  2. egocentric leadership;
  3. extreme poverty;
  4. pandemic diseases;
  5. illiteracy and lack of education.

The five objectives of the program are: [9] [10]

  1. Plant or support churches for reconciliation: Support or plant churches by providing resources to combat racism and injustice.
  2. Equip church leaders: Provide leadership training.
  3. Assisting the poor: Support savings groups, business projects, and orphans.
  4. Caring for the sick: Support access to clean water, sanitation, mental health care, people living with HIV/AIDS.
  5. Educate the next generation: Support literacy programs in English.

In the fight against poverty in Africa, the program prioritizes the maintenance of contact of AIDS orphans with their communities by entrusting them to host families and avoids building orphanages. [11]

Critics

In 2009, a study by the National University of Rwanda noted that the health component of the program, in Karongi District in Rwanda, had certain weaknesses, including the lack of cooperation between the churches of different names, lack of staff to manage outcome evaluation data, and reluctance to collaborate with secular groups (governments, NGOs, universities). [12]

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References

  1. ↑ Timothy C Morgan, Purpose Driven in Rwanda, christianitytoday.com, US, September 23, 2005
  2. ↑ Sébastien Fath, Dieu XXL, la révolution des mégachurches, Édition Autrement, France, 2008, p. 116
  3. ↑ Justin G. Wilford, Sacred Subdivisions: The Postsuburban Transformation of American Evangelicalism, NYU Press, US, 2012, p. 115
  4. ↑ Claire Luna, PEACE Is Cause for Church's Celebration, latimes.com, US, April 18, 2005
  5. ↑ David Van Biema, Warren of Rwanda, time.com, US, August 22, 2005
  6. ↑ Nicola Menzie, Saddleback Pastor Rick Warren Visits Rwanda to Advance PEACE Plan, christianpost.com, US, August 29, 2013
  7. ↑ Timothy C. Morgan, Rebooting PEACE, christianitytoday.com, US, May 28, 2008
  8. ↑ Michelle A. Vu, Church, HIV/AIDS Conference: Global P.E.A.C.E. Plan Presented, christianpost.com, US, December 2, 2005
  9. ↑ The PEACE Plan Model, thepeaceplan.com, US, retrieved June 27, 2020
  10. ↑ Nicola Menzie, Saddleback Pastor Rick Warren Visits Rwanda to Advance PEACE Plan, christianpost.com, US, August 29, 2013
  11. ↑ John Donnelly, Analysis: For faith leaders, a new turn in AIDS fight, pri.org, US, July 30, 2012
  12. ↑ Robert E. Ford, INTEGRATING GIS INTO eHEALTH INITIATIVES IN AFRICA, National University of Rwanda, Rwanda, November 8, 2009, p. 29
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