Colombia, Documenting suffering and hope in Colombian churches

Some Colombian government statistics would suggest that human rights violations are improving in Colombia, but the churches offer a fuller version of what’s happening in the recently released second report on human rights called, “A Prophetic Call.”

Janna Hunter-Bowman, an MCC worker, coordinates a documentation and advocacy program that records the suffering and hope of the Colombian Protestant churches. Justapaz, a Colombian Mennonite peace and justice organization, and the Peace Commission of the Evangelical Council of Colombia (CEDECOL) released their second report on the violence suffered by the Protestant churches.

Hunter-Bowman says the report indicates that there is still “a long way to go in achieving peace and the conflict can’t be solved militarily.” “*

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