ABSTRACT
The integrity of the church is important. There are however different sorts of integrity, integrity of organisation, of doctrine, of identification with those who are discriminated against. Above all, the church is mandated to maintain integrity with the gospel of Jesus Christ. The word of God from the prospective of a hospitable God is found not so much in a proclamation to a gathered community. A hospitable proclamation is proclamation that shifts from speaking at a person to speaking within a shared humanity - from a community into that same community. Hospitality is a rethinking of human relationships as a whole - typical is the passage in Matthew: While he was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and his brothers were standing outside, wanting to speak to him. The track record on hospitality of religious people of different faiths continues to be ambiguous. The hospitable God is always there in solidarity with the victims of inhospitality.
