“The world is weary of war,” Jim Longacre told pastors on January 12 at a breakfast featuring Franconia and Eastern District Conferences’ Peace and Justice Committee. At the joint Conference Assembly in November of 2011, the Peace and Justice Committee introduced “Walking in the Way of Peace,” a commitment to studying and acting for peace which visions a year in which, “empowered by the Holy Spirit, each of us will be formed by the Gospel of Peace as we grow into unity and maturity in Christ across the boundaries and conflicts that divide us, so that we are all becoming salt and light in every context.”
The breakfast included sharing by pastors of Wellspring Church of Skippack and Deep Run East, who told stories of how their congregations are living out their peace and justice theology. Other pastors shared ideas, questions, and hopes in an informal time of brainstorming.