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Stanley Hauerwas on Peace Community - Anabaptist (Philippians 4:6-7)

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"Peace guards hearts and minds—plural. This is not individualist calm but communal peace. The church prays together; peace comes to the body. Anxiety is communal too—we worry together and pray together. The peace community receives the peace of God." — Stanley Hauerwas. Anabaptist: communal peace.

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Philippians 4:6-7

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