What would it be like if Christian congregations and communities were no longer to regard themselves only as "the communities of saints," or the "congregation of the faithful," but as such a "community of friends"? Then they would have to overcome the much-lamented disconnectedness among churchgoers, and make it possible for a person to feel at home in their community. Then they would have to break through their unconscious and sometimes, unfortunately, also very deliberate exclusivity with respect to the "evil world" and "unbelievers," and be ready for friendship with the friendless.
(The Open Church, Jurgen Moltmann, 1978, SCM, p.62)
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