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Our Social Principles
The United Methodist Church believes God's love for the world is an active and engaged love, a love seeking justice and liberty. We cannot just be observers. So we care enough about people's lives to risk interpreting God's love, to take a stand, to call each of us into a response, no matter how controversial or complex. The church helps us think and act out of a faith perspective, not just respond to all the other 'mind-makers-up' that exist in our society."​
Excerpt from The Book of Resolutions of The United Methodist Church 2020/2024.
Copyright © 2024 by The United Methodist Publishing House. Used by permission.
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Preface: Social Principles
The Social Principles are a prayerful and thoughtful effort of the General Conference to speak to the issues in the contemporary world from a sound biblical and theological foundation. Read More
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Preamble
We affirm our unity in Jesus Christ while acknowledging differences in applying our faith in different cultural contexts as we live out the gospel. Read More
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Community of All Creation
All creation is the Lord’s, and we are responsible for the ways in which we use and abuse it. Read More
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The Economic Community
As United Methodists, we profess that all we are and all that we possess, belong to God. Read More
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The Social Community
As United Methodists, we affirm that human beings are made for God and for one another. Read More
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The Political Community
We support structures in the church and in civil society that honor the basic freedoms and rights of all human beings and protect God’s creation. Read More
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Our Social Creed
Our Social Creed is a statement of faith reflecting our Social Principles. Read More