‹‹ Return Decade to Overcome Violence (2000 - 2010) Churches Seeking Reconciliation and Peace (DOV) is an initiative of the World Council of Churches that calls churches, ecumenical organizations, and all people of goodwill. Goals: To work together for peace, justice, and reconciliation at all levels – local, regional, and global. To embrace creative approaches to peace building which are consonant with the spirit of the gospel. To interact and collaborate with local communities, secular movements, and people of other living faiths towards cultivating a culture of peace. To walk with people who are systematically oppressed by violence, and to act in solidarity with all struggling for justice, peace, and the integrity of creation. To repent together for our complicity in violence, and to engage in theological reflection to overcome the spirit, logic, and practice of violence.