The Global Immersion Project from The Global Immersion Project on Vimeo.
Those of you that have been following my life and work through this platform have heard of an initiative I co-founded a couple years ago with my friend Jer Swigart called The Global Immersion Project. After lots of refining, on the ground experience and clear leading of the Spirit, this little idea/dream has birthed forth into something transformative and lasting. We have been blown away by the response not only from individuals, but from organizations like World Vision, Fuller Seminary and many others. More than anything, we are thrilled by the individual response and transformation from both the local peacemakers we have come alongside in Israel/Palestine and the American leaders who have participated in our formal 3-month Learning Lab that cultivates in a 2-week immersion experience into conflict in Israel/Palestine. Fusing my passion and calling to be a voice for international reconciliation and my everyday practice of forming missional leaders, TGIP’s mission is to cultivate everyday peacemakers through immersion in global conflict. Not only did Jesus call all his people to the vocation of peacemaking (Matt 5:9), he was deeply grieved when his people failed to live out these very tangible, practical ways that make for peace (Luke19:41,42). In short, we hope to resource an entire generation of leaders with the practices that make for peace. Not only will we be a presence of reconciliation globally, we will resource leaders to live, love and lead as everyday peacemakers in the way of Jesus back in their neighborhoods.
This week, we formally “unveil” this important work and would greatly appreciate your support by both joining our social media outlets AND by helping us share our work through your personal networks.
1. Check out and share our promo video embedded in this post.
2. Learn more about TGIP by visiting our re-launched & newly branded website
3. Follow us on Twitter at @globalimmerse
4. “Like” our Facebook Page
5. Join our mailing list for exclusive updates and content.
In Jesus, as the ultimate peacemaker, we acknowledge that there is nothing glamorous about the work of peacemaking. It is gritty, subversive and requires everyday actions. Friends, this work can no longer be outsourced to politicians or blind idealism. As followers of Jesus, we must faithfully live into our vocation as agents of reconciliation fueled by the hope of New Creation.
May we be a people who no longer run from conflict, but follow Jesus right to its center with the practices that make for peace.
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