Presbyterian Peace Fellowship

What Presbyterian Peace Fellowship does

Presbyterian Peace Fellowship (PPF) is an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1944 and headquartered at 17 Cricketown Road, Stony Point, New York, that mobilizes Presbyterians and allied faith communities around nonviolence, peace, and social-justice advocacy. Its portfolio comprises roughly a dozen programmatic units organized as working groups (Gun Violence Prevention, Peace Churches, Presbyterians for Abolition, Palestine Solidarity), accompaniment programs (Colombia, U.S./Mexico border immigrant-child accompaniment with ImportaMi and the International Rescue Committee), media (the Peace-ing It Together Podcast), and advocacy campaigns (Fossil Free PCUSA, a project under PPF since September 2017). PPF wields influence principally through biennial participation in the PC(USA) General Assembly, where it lobbies overtures on divestment, gun violence, and Middle East policy, and through coalitions with Jewish Voice for Peace, Israel/Palestine Mission Network, More Light Presbyterians, and Faiths United to Save Democracy.

PPF generates revenue exclusively through donations from individuals, congregations, and supporters via an online portal; there are no commercial products, services, or pricing tiers. Operations are volunteer-intensive — PPF self-describes as "small but mighty" with 1-10 paid staff — and rely on an Activist Council & Executive Committee (ACEC) plus working-group conveners to coordinate programmatic output. Reach is primarily domestic U.S. with selectively international accompaniment in Colombia, Kiribati (nuclear-testing survivor support with the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation), and Palestine/Israel advocacy. There is no proprietary technology stack; delivery is content-led via newsletters, blog, podcast, social media (Facebook, Instagram), and in-person convenings. Recent organizational signals include the November 2024 sunset of certain PC(USA) programs and a January 2026 leadership update, indicating ongoing restructuring under director Emily Brewer.

Name

Presbyterian Peace Fellowship

Legal name

Presbyterian Peace Fellowship

Website

https://presbypeacefellowship.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1944

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Faith-based Advocacy Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious Organizations (813110)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based Social Services & Community Outreach (Food Pantries, Shelters, Counseling) (BPAGAJAG)

Keywords

• Peace advocacy
• Nonviolence activism
• Faith-based organizing
• Social justice programs
• Interfaith peacebuilding

Headquarters

HQ city

Stony Point

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: PPF operates as a nonprofit organization and generates revenue through donations from individuals, congregations, and supporters. The website prominently features a donation portal.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Presbyterian Peace Fellowship is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that equips Christians and congregations within the Presbyterian Church (USA) tradition for nonviolent activism, accompaniment, and peace and justice advocacy. It operates more than 30 working groups and programs — including Gun Violence Prevention, Peace Churches, Presbyterians for Abolition, Palestine Solidarity, Accompaniment, the Activist Council & Executive Committee, Guns to Gardens, Fossil Free PCUSA, and the Colombia Accompaniment Program — supported by donations from individuals and congregations.

Product overview

The Presbyterian Peace Fellowship (PPF) is a non-profit organization offering a portfolio of advocacy programs and working groups rather than a commercial product. Its offerings include: Gun Violence Prevention Working Group, Peace Churches Program, Presbyterians for Abolition, Palestine Solidarity Working Group, Accompaniment Program, Activist Council & Executive Committee (ACEC), Lost & Found, Peace-ing It Together Podcast, Guns to Gardens Initiative, Fossil Free PCUSA campaign, Colombia Accompaniment Program, and Sanctuary/Immigration Support. These programs work together to advance PPF's mission of nonviolence and peace through grassroots organizing, education, direct action, and community support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Guns to Gardens: A program that dismantles guns and transforms them into garden tools, part of PPF's Gun Violence Prevention Ministry.
• Fossil Free PCUSA

Products and services

• Gun Violence Prevention Working Group A working group within PPF that mobilizes Presbyterians to prevent gun violence through advocacy, education, and community organizing initiatives, including the Guns to Gardens action circles.
• Peace Churches Program A working group dedicated to promoting historic peace church principles and supporting congregations committed to nonviolence within the PC(USA).
• Presbyterians for Abolition A program focused on prison abolition and transforming systems of incarceration through advocacy, education, and faith-based organizing.
• Palestine Solidarity Working Group A working group dedicated to solidarity work with Palestinians and advocacy for justice in Israel/Palestine, including support for divestment and BDS-related overtures at the PC(USA) General Assembly.
• Accompaniment Program A program that recruits and coordinates volunteers to provide protective accompaniment to communities and individuals facing violence, including Colombia accompaniment and border accompaniment for migrant children.
• Activist Council & Executive Committee (ACEC) A leadership body that shapes PPF's activism agenda, coordinates grassroots organizing efforts, and convenes Presbyterians engaged in nonviolent action.
• Guns to Gardens Initiative A program that transforms unwanted firearms into garden tools through community disarming events (action circles), combining gun violence prevention with creative peacebuilding; in partnership with RAWtools.
• Fossil Free PCUSA A PPF project launched in 2017 that campaigns for the Presbyterian Church (USA) to divest from fossil fuel companies as part of climate justice work.
• Colombia Accompaniment Program A program providing protective accompaniment to Colombian communities and human rights defenders, in partnership with the Colombian Presbyterian Church, Justicia y Paz, and other Colombian human rights organizations.
• Peace-ing It Together Podcast An audio podcast featuring conversations about peace, justice, and nonviolence topics relevant to the Presbyterian community.

Quantifiable outcome

• 142 people from 73 congregations and 8 denominations trained through Guns to Gardens action circles
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Fossil Free PCUSAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA project of PPF that advocates for fossil fuel divestment within the PC(USA) denomination. PPF provides fiscal sponsorship and organizing support for the grassroots divestment movement.
• Colombia Accompaniment Program partnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPPF has partnered with the Colombian Presbyterian Church and human rights organizations to provide international accompaniers who stand with communities facing violence. Partners include Justicia y Paz and various Colombian human rights defenders.
• Palestine Justice NetworkmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates on advocacy in support of Palestine solidarity overtures coming before the PC(USA) General Assembly. Produced educational videos on genocide recognition and embargoing Israel.
• ImportaMi and International Rescue CommitteemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAt their request, PPF is building a network of volunteer accompaniers to stand with unrepresented migrant children facing court proceedings.
• Nuclear Age Peace Foundation (NAPF)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on trip to Kiribati (Christmas Island) to support nuclear testing survivors and advocate for the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
• Israel/Palestine Mission Network (IPMN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-recipients of the 2013 Peaceseeker Award. PPF has worked with IPMN on divestment efforts and BDS advocacy within PC(USA).
• Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-recipients of the 2013 Peaceseeker Award. Both organizations work on principled BDS advocacy for Palestinian rights.
• Stony Point Conference CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPPF is based at Stony Point Conference Center, one of PC(USA)'s three national conference centers, which also houses the Community of Living Traditions multifaith community.
• Faiths United to Save DemocracyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition focused on voter education and registration with toolkits for faith communities.
• More Light PresbyteriansminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization working on LGBTQIA+ inclusion and racial justice within PC(USA).

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Church World Service: Church World Service is a broader faith-based humanitarian organization that runs accompaniment, refugee resettlement, and disaster response programs, overlapping significantly with PPF's accompaniment and sanctuary work but at a much larger scale.
• National Council of Churches: The National Council of Churches convenes mainline Protestant denominations (including PC(USA)) around social justice and ecumenical advocacy, overlapping with PPF's mission but operating as a broader ecumenical body rather than a single-denomination advocacy arm.

Direct peers

• Sojourners: Sojourners is a progressive evangelical Christian social justice movement organizing Christians around peace, racial justice, and poverty — directly comparable to PPF's equipping of Presbyterians for nonviolent activism and justice work.
• Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL): FCNL is the Quaker lobbying presence in Washington that organizes faith-based constituents for peace and justice advocacy, directly comparable to PPF's role as the peace advocacy arm within PC(USA). Both translate faith traditions into policy advocacy and grassroots mobilization.
• American Friends Service Committee (AFSC): AFSC is the Quaker service organization running peace programs, accompaniment, and disarmament work globally — directly comparable to PPF's Colombia Accompaniment Program and Guns to Gardens initiative in mission and operating model.
• More Light Presbyterians: More Light Presbyterians is an active PPF partner organization working on LGBTQIA+ inclusion and racial justice within PC(USA), representing the same model of single-denomination progressive advocacy and reform that PPF pursues on peace issues.
• Jewish Voice for Peace: JVP is a closely aligned progressive faith-based advocacy organization and an active PPF partner (co-recipient of the 2013 Peaceseeker Award), working on BDS, Palestine solidarity, and intersectional justice within a faith framework.
• Pax Christi USA: Pax Christi is the U.S. Catholic peace movement focused on nonviolence and gospel-based activism, paralleling PPF's Presbyterian peace fellowship mission. Both are faith-rooted, denomination-specific peace and nonviolence organizations running working groups, education, and accompaniment programs.
• NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice: NETWORK is a Catholic social justice lobby that mobilizes congregants for policy advocacy, mirroring PPF's strategy of mobilizing PC(USA) members around General Assembly overtures and federal policy campaigns.

Emerging players

• Fossil Free PCUSA: Fossil Free PCUSA is itself a project of PPF focused on fossil fuel divestment advocacy within PC(USA); it is an internally spawned program sharing PPF's denominational and advocacy DNA.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/presbypeace
• Instagraminstagram.com/presbypeace/?hl=en
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/presbyterian-peace-fellowship

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

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