Since early 2004 I’ve taken 5 trips to the Republic of Georgia, working with the Evangelical Baptist Church of Georgia and with the International Center for Conflict and Negotiation. I’ve facilitated many trainings in conflict transformation and religious tolerance in a context where Orthodox extremists have attacked non-Orthodox churches, burning many down. In the summer of 2005 I led an Xtreme Team from the American Baptists Churches to the Republic of Georgia.
Evangelical Baptist Church of Georgia:
http://www.ebcgeorgia.org/Neue_Dateien/start.html
International Center for Conflict and Negotiation
http://www.webservice.ge/~iccn/
Xtreme Team:
www.xtremeteamonline.org.
For BBC’s country background information:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1102477.stm
About Me
- Daniel Buttry
- I am the Global Consultant for Peace and Justice with International Ministries of the American Baptist Churches. That means that I work around the world, usually on short term peace projects. My area of specialty is conflict transformation. Simply put, conflict transformation means turning conflict from negative, destructive experiences into positive, constructive experiences… in which problems are solved, unjust relationships are structured in more just ways, violence is replaced by nonviolent means of dealing with disagreements, torn relationships are reconciled, decisions become more participatory and traumatized people are supported for healing. About 70% of my work involves training people in nonviolent conflict transformation. I occasionally am involved in mediation. I write a lot and have published a number of books on various peacemaking topics.