Forming communities of justice, peace and reconciliation.
Bennette Tenecia, CEO and President of PeaceBuilders Community Inc, with members of Mennonite World Conference and Mennonite Church Canada.
The island of Mindanao is known as a conflict zone in the Philippines. It is also the home of the PeaceBuilders Community Inc. (PBCI), founded by Mennonite Church Canada Witness workers Dann and Joji Pantoja. The second generation of leadership, with Bennette Tenecio as CEO and President continues to provide peace-and-justice training for Christian church leaders, Indigenous leaders and civil society organizations. They continue to work with the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region government as they find a place in the development of peaceful co-existence with the Philippine government and indigenous peoples in Mindanao. Building on a strong foundation, they look to the possibilities of the future and invite us to come along as we learn together what just peace looks like.
Building Peace Communities in the Philippines
Support PeaceBuilders Community as they facilitate just peace and reconciliation in the Philippines.
Dann and Joji Pantoja
A time of change after two decades of PeaceBuilders Community Inc.
In March 2026, dozens of people gathered together to celebrate PeaceBuilders Community, Inc. (PBCI) and tell stories of Mennonite Church Canada’s Witness workers Lakan and Joji Pantoja as they transitioned from their roles in leadership. This included groups that 20 years ago, when the Pantojas began their ministry, would not have been seen in the same place, much less taking pictures and eating together.