bennett was a consultant at the baar meeting of the wcc's dialogue sub unit (1988) and a member of the sub unit's working party that drafted "issues in christian muslim relations: ecumenical considerations" (1991). 1992 until 1998 he was a member of the world council of churches' consultation on the church and the jewish people (ccjp) representing the baptist union of great britain, attending meetings in geneva (1992) and budapest (1994).