The International Baptist Theological Seminary (IBTS) has expressed its delight at welcoming British Professor Norman Kember and his wife Pat to the Prague campus at the start of October.

Professor Kember, longstanding member of the Baptist Peace Fellowship and the Fellowship of Reconciliation, is most famous for his four month ordeal being taken along with three other Christian peacemakers as hostages in Iraq.

IBTS has said its members remembered Professor and Mrs Kember in their community prayers regularly during his awful experience and were honoured to be able to express their love and support now to them personally.

"It was an honour to have the Kember's participate in the community life of IBTS...and to speak with them about their experiences and convictions as peace activists," an IBTS statement has commented.

In a special seminar for the IBTS community, Kember, a peace activist, gave a presentation of his experiences and reflections of the four months he was in captivity.

The presentation was entitled 'The Cost of non-violent peacemaking', and was attended by more than sixty people.

Following his presentation, Kember answered many questions from the students and visitors. He called them to act peaceably and take a non-violent stand for peace.

IBTS has said that it will continue to firmly support peace and reconciliation around the globe, and was pleased to affirm Norman Kember and his wife's convictions in this.