On the other side, we can say that the WCC member churches in Harare were listening to what the peace churches have to say. There is an open door for our Mennonite peace witness. People are willing to listen to us. I will try to represent the Mennonite peace church and to contribute Mennonite thoughts to the spirituality of the family of churches, but I will also try to ask for open minds among Mennonites for ecumenical thinking. The fact is that the Conciliar Process made the churches take peace theology more seriously.
Confessions are always pluralistic.
I hope we can find coalition partners within other confessions. As Fernando s wife, Renate, came home from her work as a schoolteacher in Worms, I thought about the wide world present in this couple. I believe we should be patient with the Orthodox, said Enns. In the end they ll find that pluralism is part of their existence, too. By that I do not mean to say, Let s be patient until they re as wise as we are.