Loss for peacemaking

The sad, shocking news came from Christian Peacemaker Teams this morning: Gene Stoltzfus, founding director of CPT, died yesterday after a heart attack at age 70.

Stoltzfus widely shared his sharp analysis on international conflict, but also his sense of humor and hope for the future.

“It will take an expanding worldwide but grassroots culture reaching beyond national borders to fashion a body of Christian peacemakers to be an effective power to block the guns and be part of transforming each impending tragedy of war,” he wrote March 3. “Little by little there will be change.”

It is a true loss for peacemaking that Stoltzfus' ministry of writing and speaking has been cut short. — Celeste Kennel-Shank