A church must not overlook the fact that it exists for unselfish, active service to society, to individuals and groups and even to its opponents. If it does so, it loses its dignity, its claim and the reason for its existence, since it abandons discipleship.

But if a church remains aware of the fact that what is to come is not itself, but God’s kingdom…if it finds its true greatness in its littleness, then it knows that it is great precisely without display of power and application of force.