Introducing the Revised Social Principles — Transcript

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1. 0:02[Music]
2. 0:04since the beginning of the Methodist
3. 0:07movement Methodist spoke out about the
4. 0:09social issues of the day
5. 0:11John Wesley advocated for prison reform
6. 0:13and the abolition of slavery and child
7. 0:16labor in the nearly 50 years since the
8. 0:19social principles inception the world
9. 0:21has changed a lot but the need for the
10. 0:23church's statement of social principles
11. 0:25is as urgent as ever often its air
12. 0:28journey and the deeply United Methodists
13. 0:30experience of revision the General
14. 0:32Conference is called to approve a more
15. 0:34globally relevant document with his
16. 0:37strong theological and Biblical
17. 0:39grounding and a more focused structure
18. 0:42the revised documents global perspective
19. 0:44is a resource for mission and ministry
20. 0:46equipping churches to do ministry in
21. 0:49their local contexts the 2020 revised
22. 0:53social principles continues this
23. 0:55tradition by continuing to address the
24. 0:57concerns facing communities in
25. 0:59individuals today
26. 1:11so the social principles is the official
27. 1:14United Methodist stands on a certain
28. 1:16issue that impacts the world social
29. 1:20principles provide a critical moral
30. 1:22compass for United Methodist Christians
31. 1:25and a shared witness a social witness of
32. 1:29our shared values I'd like to think of
33. 1:32them as as a document that reflects not
34. 1:36only the positions of the church but
35. 1:38also the interests and whose interests
36. 1:40we represent particularly the the
37. 1:42vulnerable those who've been most
38. 1:43marginalized oppressed in our society I
39. 1:47like to think of the social principles
40. 1:49as as the values that we hold in common
41. 1:53values like justice tolerance respect
42. 1:57belonging community love grace they
43. 2:01serve as an opportunity for our
44. 2:03education our reflection and an
45. 2:08opportunity for us to consider the ways
46. 2:11in which we apply the faith we proclaim
47. 2:16to our daily lives and to the lives of
48. 2:20others
49. 2:24I use them mostly here at the border
50. 2:30church and society when I do hurts when
51. 2:37I speak to members of Congress one has
52. 2:40pretty different groups to say this is
53. 2:43what anonymous Church believes I worked
54. 2:46in a social development organization
55. 2:48affiliated with our church that assist
56. 2:51communities and extreme poverty in Metro
57. 2:53Manila nearby provinces by using
58. 2:56education and community organizing in
59. 2:58helping them achieve social justice
60. 3:01certain mark local materiality local
61. 3:06legends Odessa Abbott we DeParle a
62. 3:08tradition la cultura - acapella Valley
63. 3:13context pyramid Africa long a tuna
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66. 3:30del tell us any biologically to set Jesu
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69. 3:42Valerie's Estrada later you may like Oh
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71. 3:49Arsenal Calabria Sacre a Colette you may
72. 3:54a comp Arab a 2 to 3 creativity answers
73. 3:59not there in the social principles our
74. 4:02pastors and the leaders when they ask
75. 4:06how to address those issues around us
76. 4:12social principles here in this book of
77. 4:16resolutions we can find it there on how
78. 4:20to guide our churches in interpreting
79. 4:22delicious
80. 4:29the social principles are they are not
81. 4:32just say you were centered kind of a
82. 4:35tool
83. 4:36one example is after we drafted the
84. 4:39first the first draft actually we are
85. 4:45you put unity to hear from many people
86. 4:49around the world they send their
87. 4:51feedback I don't line females others
88. 4:55even just sending forms of letters that
89. 5:00opportunity give us the time to read
90. 5:03back what people are saying how these
91. 5:06principles are working they're a unique
92. 5:10context so in that whole process we had
93. 5:13many riders from across the world and
94. 5:16they work together to create the best
95. 5:19statements that they could possibly make
96. 5:21those were then woven together by an
97. 5:24editorial team and offered to the church
98. 5:27for reflection this document called
99. 5:29social principles is a global document
100. 5:32because it is comprehensive enough to
101. 5:34encompass their issues many countries
102. 5:36face then now it may be the future it is
103. 5:41also concrete enough to make the people
104. 5:43of different countries feel that the
105. 5:46document speaks to them
106. 5:48the process of including many voices at
107. 5:51the table to think about their own faith
108. 5:55journey and their own context and the
109. 5:58issues that they face was really it was
110. 6:04not only heartening but it is the best
111. 6:07expression of what it is to be the body
112. 6:09of Christ and to have the gift of the
113. 6:12United Methodist Church as a place to
114. 6:15live out our faith
115. 6:24you