A sixth mark of mission?

Over the past few years many of us have got used to Five Marks of Mission but now someone wants to add another! Well, to be precise a whole bunch of people think its a good idea. It started in Canada last year but now there's a real grownd swell. The idea is to recognise that peace making, conflict resolution and reconciliation are all essential 'marks' of God's mission amongst us. The context of our world, and don't forget the church itself!, makes it obvious enough that we need peace, ways of dealing with conflict, and ministries of reconciliation - witness Iraq, Sudan, Sri Lanka and your local church - but is this 'mission'? Personally I am amazed none of us thought of this before. If God does anything, he makes peace. Saint Paul used to talk of Christians as 'ambassadors of reconciliation' and Billy Graham wrote about finding faith as "Peace with God". There will be those who say, "How can we have six marks of mission when everyone knows there are five?", but personally I'm glad we can add to the list and in so doing enrich our understanding of mission. I'm glad the Canadians have reminded us of this missing mark.