We are a people, from many nations, who gather in small groups on a regular basis to study the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. We think together, discuss together, pray together, and play together in order to learn to:
We have chosen to do this together in order to establish throughout the world a "revolution of love" so powerful that the division and animosity separating people and nations will be reduced and replaced by the spirit of forgiveness and reconciliation as modeled by Jesus.
Jesus said this can only be accomplished by the transformation of the human heart by the power of God. This hope and effort allows us, little by little and step by step to begin to:
In the process of this, we as a global fellowship of friends are learning to become better citizens of our own nations, the world and the kingdom of God. We are learning on a day-to-day basis what it means to "love God and to love our neighbors as we love ourselves". (Mark 12:30-31) We consider ourselves to be brothers and sisters according to the words of Jesus.
We are learning to love and forgive our enemies. We are experiencing, in some small degree, the liberating power of "doing unto others what we would want others to do unto us."
We are certainly far from achieving this kind of fellowship or family of friends, but we are reaching toward it with great expectation.
We believe this is part of what Jesus meant when He said, "Come and follow me". (Matthew 4:19a)