The Holy Spirit tells those whom he sends out to which land they must go and which land they should avoid, which men they should speak with and before which they should be silent, as Jesus was silent before Herod. The sending out by the Holy Spirit guarantees the guidance and leading of the Holy Spirit. We do not know what will happen. We do not know which people will be ready. We do not know which people are expectant, or if somewhere there is a completely united church, where a greater reality of the future kingdom of justice, peace, and unity is to be felt.

- Eberhard Arnold

We must send out the news to all men which calls them to a way of communal brotherliness and allows them to be released from all strife and become men in unity with the spirit of the future, which is the spirit of righteous¬ness. And it will happen just so far as we have faith. Therefore we come together to call upon God, where we find an answer for what is to happen, for that which moves the whole world and what has to be done in the face of this world hour.

- Eberhard Arnold

We believe that all men, however deeply they may have sunk into darkness and gloom, yet have a spark of light in the depth of their hearts. We believe that this spark of light in every person must in the end gather them all together into one immense sea of light: community in God. That is our task in the midst of this world, amidst the starry universe, amidst the countless peoples all over the earth.

- Eberhard Arnold