RLC Network Mike Martin

Mike Martin

Mike is the founder and Executive Director of RAWtools. A former youth and young adult pastor at Beth-El Mennonite Church, Mike is licensed for specialized ministry for the work of RAWtools by Mountain States Mennonite Conference of Mennonite Church USA. Mike also serves on the leadership board for MSMC. He has a BA in Biblical studies. Mike is writing a book on gun violence with Shane Claiborne called "Beating Guns: A Book for People Who are Tired of Violence" out in 2018.

Turning Guns into Garden Tools

December 21, 2017

General, Politics, Practical Justice

By turning swords into plowshares and guns into garden tools, we’re advocating for an altogether different approach to violence in our country. An approach that elevates the Sermon on the Mount over the 2nd Amendment.

Disarming to Welcome the Prince of Peace

December 14, 2016

We can follow the Prince of Peace toward a less violent world. This Advent season, may we all find the courage to turn the swords of our life into plowshares.

RAWtools in Philadelphia

February 3, 2016

General, Practical Justice

RAWtools’ blacksmith Fred Martin led the transformation of guns into garden tools.

From Tubal-Cain to Jesus: Waging Peace in a World at War

September 30, 2014

General, Theology

The recent movie Noah (2014) casts Tubal-Cain as the antagonist, organizing an army to take the Ark.