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ATLANTA, Sept. 15,1998 - Johann Christoph Arnold, noted author, minister, peace advocate and Bruderhof member, will preach at Sunday convocation services at Morehouse College, 10 a.m., Sept. 20 in the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel.

An outspoken social critic, Arnold marched with Dr. King and the Freedom Riders in Selma, Ala in 1963. He advocates a consistent reverence for all life and opposes violence in any form, be it war, capital punishment, abortion, or economic and racial oppression. Arnold has been a guest on over 50 talk shows in the last year and has gone on peace-keeping missions to Iraq, Isreal, Nigeria, Cuba, Haiti and Chiapas.

For 15 years, Arnold has been a senior elder in the Bruderhof movement - a communal society whose members do not own private property, and voluntarily pool their money and possessions. They share everything and devote all their time and energy to promoting peace and helping others.

Arnold has authored several books including "Seventy Times Seven," a collection of true stories of people scarred by murder, betrayal, abuse, bigotry and war who found healing by forgiving. His recently released book, "Seeking Peace: Notes and Conversations along the Way," explores where to find the peace promised to humanity by Jesus. It is already No. 30 on the non-fiction bestseller list.

Founded in 1867, Morehouse is the nation's only historically black, private liberal arts college for men. The College enrolls approximately 3,000 students and graduates 500 each year, conferring bachelor's degrees on more black men than any other institution in the world. Prominent alumni include Martin Luther King Jr., Nobel Peace Prize laureate and civil rights leader; David Satcher, U.S. surgeon general and former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Otis Moss Jr., chairman of the Morehouse College board of trustees and pastor of Olivet Institutional Baptist Church in Cleveland; Calvin O. Butts III, pastor of Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York; and Robert Franklin, president of the Interdenominational Theological Center.