Delegates discussed peacemaking, passed a peace proclamation motion, and heard testimony about Anabaptist peace theology in their two morning delegate sessions on the second day of the national church assembly.
While Mennonites have a 500-year history of peace theology, the strongest delegate reaction of the morning-a standing ovation-came in response to someone speaking for a church that has adopted these priorities much more recently.
Raquel Contreras, president of the Baptist Union of Chile, a century-old group of about 500 churches in the South American country, told delegates about her denomination's decision to step onto a new theological path for its next hundred …
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