What qualifications and training do CPTers have?
CPTers are Christians committed to nonviolence, willing to take personal risk in the work of front-lines peacemaking and violence-reduction, and able to work as healthy members of a team in high stress environments. Prospective CPTers first participate in a short-term delegation, and then attend a month-long intensive live-in training program. The training includes modules on violence-defusing role plays, interpersonal conflict transformation, security in war zones, the biblical basis for peacemaking, undoing racism and sexism, work-style profiles, and much more. CPTers enter this work with a deep spiritual grounding and commitment to nonviolence. All applicants submit a personal statement and sign a statement of responsibility in which they agree to accept the risks involved in entering a conflict zone.
