In August, and for two weeks, Sabeel participated in an online summer school about peacebuilding and human rights protection organized by the United Evangelical Mission. The goal of the summer school was to increase understanding about mediation as a tool for conflict resolution in churches and religious communities in the context of shrinking spaces for civil society and churches. The summer school was attended by churches and communities around the world.
The UEM in its present form emerged from the work of the Rhenish Mission, the Bethel Mission and the Zaire Mission. Our 39 members today are Protestant churches in Africa, Asia and Germany and the von Bodelschwingh Foundations Bethel, which have been working together on an equal footing since 1996.