Matt Guynn has been actively involved with Training for Change since the age of 19.

Matt plays the dual role of program director and coordinator for congregational organizing for On Earth Peace, building peace and nonviolence leadership within the 1000+ congregations of the Church of the Brethren across the United States and Puerto Rico. He previously served a co-coordinator of training for Christian Peacemaker Teams, serving as an unarmed accompanier with political refugees in Chiapas, Mexico, and offering or supporting trainings in the US and Mexico.

Matt is a writer, speaker, and general creativist, incorporating poetry, music, ritual and expression into his work as a catalyst for social change. Matt is active in undoing racism within the majority white organizations where he has spent his life working.

Matt received an M.A. in International Peace Studies from the University of Notre Dame (1996) and an M.A. in Theology from Bethany Theological Seminary (2003). He is licensed to the ministry in the Church of the Brethren, which has a three-hundred year history of opposing war and violence / standing for abundant life for all people, regardless of their background. Matt lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife and partner, Sarah Kinsel.

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