PHOTOS: PACIFIST FIGHT CLUB - ROUND 4

Mike Izbicki kicks off Round 4 of Pacifist Fight Club for us.

 Dr. Thomas Crisp shares how Gandhi may have been the greatest disciple of Jesus in the Twentieth Century. 

Great turnout for a Saturday morning at 9am. We had 21 fighters join us.

We're already gearing up for Round 5 in May or June.

WATCH: CHASE ANDRE AT PACIFIST FIGHT CLUB - ROUND 2

CHASE ANDRE THE DANGERS OF CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM

LISTEN: Fighters Thomas Crisp & Chase Andre on Subversive Radio

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Our Fighters for Round 2

This time around our "Fighters" will each take turns presenting their thoughts on a specific topic for about 30 minutes, then everyone will have an opportunity to ask questions, respond and engage one another about what we've heard.

Our Fighters will lead us in the following discussions:

*Christians in the Military -Thomas Crisp (Biola)

*Just War Theory vs No War Theory- Shane Crash (Pacifist Army)

*The Dangers of Christian Nationalism - Chase Andre (Biola)

*Christian Zionism: Israel, Palestine and the Kingdom of God  - Keith Giles (Pacifist Fight Club)

*Spiritual Warfare: How We Fight - Crissy Brooks (MIKA)

As before, Pacifist Fight Club will be a free event.

More details to come...

Meet Your Fighters: Chase Andre

Chase Andre began his fight club training when his grandma bought him karate lessons at 5 years old. Over the next 15 years of study, he discovered, as Mr. Miyagi taught, that one trains so he does not have to fight. This practice of preemptive meditation initiated a process that informed many facets of his thought life.

At a Vineyard Church in Cape Coral, FL, Chase’s view of the Kingdom of God bloomed. There, he helped develop and execute a month-long internship for high school students — a regular "Project Mayhem," expressed as a monastic boot camp — that experimented in intentional community and discipleship.

While living in Taichung, Taiwan, the Kingdom expanded again. Submerged in another society, Chase’s white-American cultural lenses fell off his eyes like scales. As it often does, the backwards Kingdom turned his world upside down. After a year spent living as an expatriate, he returned to the States with a lot of questions about the unquestioned status quo. Yet, more than ever, Chase was convinced that a strong, intentional community, empowered in prayer and pursuing the Way of Jesus together, is the best way to live.

Since Taiwan, Chase has experienced poverty in Thailand, India and Haiti. Currently living in Southern California, Chase attends Biola University where he pursues a degree in communication studies, with a minor in philosophy. There, he is an active member of the Dorothy Day Society, the White Identity Process Group (a discussion group for helping white people understand God's multi-ethnic, and often segregated Kingdom), and serves as the assistant director of Revive Ministries.

Points of Interest:
*The Kingdom of God
*Prayer as Protest
*Racial reconciliation as a battle against systemic poverty
*Changing rhetoric as subversive opposition

It's Coming - January 2012

PACIFIST FIGHT CLUB
We will fight for peace, but we will do no violence

The first rule of Pacifist Fight Club is, you do not talk about Pacifist Fight Club.
The second rule is, you must move from talk to action.
The third rule is, you must love all people, at all times.
The fourth rule is, you must engage in a fight to the death daily as you struggle against your own apathy, selfishness, prejudice and pride.
The fifth rule is, you must fight the status quo of your life.

Topics:
*Non-violence
*Solidarity with the poor
*Immigration reform
*Loving God
*Loving others

Our Fighters
*Brandt Russo
*Shane Crash
*Chase Andre
*Thomas Crisp
*Thomas Nixon
*Crissy Brooks
*Wendy Tarr
*Keith Giles

More info coming soon...