Follow Jesus’ Christ’s path to Local or International Peacebuilding
Are you looking for Anabaptist Christian perspectives on how to lead in our changing world? The role of church planting in the mission of God? Or Christian Peacebuilding as an expression of following Jesus? If you said yes to any of these, then you are in the right place.
My name is Darnell Barkman and I work to heal the church sothat the church will be a healing people in the world around us.
I do that by re-telling biblical stories that lead the church to walk with Jesus Christ. Teaching people daily habits and ancient Christian spiritual practices, and equipping Jesus’ followers with practical peacemaking & reconciliation skills.
If this is your first time here start reading this to understand why I started acting on these things and follow along with me in conversation about Jesus and these topics.
Why do I care about these topics?
I’ve been leading the church, planting parts of the church, acting as a Christian peacebuilder towards reconciliation and development for almost 20 years. Mostly in western Canada or the Philippines. All of it I was part of my journey with following Jesus as an Anabaptist Mennonite Christian.
During these times the Creator God challenged me, healed me and invited me to be a partner with the ultimate peacemaker to challenge and heal others with God as he reconciles all things.
What do I do now?
I’m a pastor at Yarrow United Mennonite Church (the Fraser Valley, Canada), a peacebuilder (read here) and masters student, carpenter and writer.
What’s my goal?
My online goal is to:
- Catalyze leaders and #everydaypeacemakers in the local and global church.
- Equip individuals, teams and Christian congregations to discover Jesus as the Prince of Peace.
- Plant and nurture a culture of peacemaking & reconciliation.
- Live the Mission of God in your location by making the Kingdom of God and New Creation a bit more observable today.