Church unity and the necessity of nonviolence

A lack of unity discredits the witness and work of the temple for the world. This verity has long been emphasized by the agency of those concerned for the onenes of the temple However, the fragmentation that is the greatest in quantity conspicuous and damaging to the church's mission is the be derived of neither doctrinal differences nor organizational incompatibility among denominations. Rather, the church's sanction of war and the participation of its members in various forms of violence is the greatest in quantity glaring and harmful expression of disunity. No doctrinal consensus or restructure of meeting-house organizations will lead to a unity capable of witnessing to the