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	Creed - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Christian mythology attributes this creed to all twelve Apostles as a joint composition, and assigns one phrase of the creed to each Apostle.
		This attribution is unlikely, but the creed itself is quite old; it seems to have developed from a catechism used in the baptism of adults, and in that form can be traced as far back as the second century, see Old Roman Symbol.
		The Apostles' Creed seems to have been formulated to resist Docetism and similar ideas associated with Gnosticism; it emphasizes the birth, physical death, and bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Creed (1089 words)

	Methodist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Methodist insights about the health of persons and society can be summarized in relation to the four domains of well-being--spiritual, physical, mental, and social.
		Furthermore, members of the United Methodist Church are very active in interdenominational efforts to facilitate mental wellness such as Pathways to Promise--an interfaith technical assitance and resource center that offers liturgical materials, program models, and networking information to promote a caring ministry for people with mental illness and their families.
		Methodists led the prohibition charge in late nineteenth century America as alcohol became identified with numerous social and physical harms.
	www.socwel.ku.edu /candagrant/Papers/Methodist.htm (6066 words)

	Christian Methodist Episcopal Church - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Christian Methodist Epsicopal Church is a historically fl denomination within the broader context of Methodism.
		In the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, bishops are administrative superintendents of the church; they are elected by "delegate" votes for as many years deemed until the age of 74, then he/she must retire.
		The official logo or symbol of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church was originally authorized by Bishop B. Julian Smith for the Centennial General Conference held in Memphis, 1970.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Christian_Methodist_Episcopal_Church (608 words)

	1992 Book of Discipline: Paragraph 70
		A social creed was adopted by the Methodist Episcopal Church (North) in 1908.
		The Social Principles are a prayerful and thoughtful effort on the part of the General Conference to speak to the human issues in the contemporary world from a sound biblical and theological foundation as historically demonstrated in United Methodist traditions.
		The Social Principles are a call to all members of The United Methodist Church to a prayerful, studied dialogue of faith and practice.
	www.gcah.org /GC96/PETS/BD92/TEXT/d0070.html (1088 words)

	Creed - QuickSeek Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Nicene Creed, beginning, "I believe in one God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible, and in one Lord Jesus Christ … ." It is usually described as a revision by the First Council of Constantinople (381) of the creed adopted at Nicaea in 325.
		The Athanasian Creed was probably composed, not by Athanasius himself, but by an unknown author(s) in the fifth cent.
		This attribution is unlikely, but the creed itself is quite old; it seems to have developed from a catechism used in the baptism of adults, and in that form can be traced as far back as the second century.
	creed.quickseek.com (1422 words)

	Pietist-Methodist Family Churches
		This Methodist church was first organized in 1816 by fls who had withdrawn from the Methodist Episcopal Church because of discrimination.
		Generally, Methodists accept four landmark documents as definitive of the Wesleyan tradition: the Twenty-five Articles, the early minutes of the British Wesleyan Conference, John Wesley's Sermons (in which he outlined his basic doctrinal stance), and Wesley's Explanatory Notes on the New Testament.
		During the twentieth century, the Social Creed, first adopted by the Methodist Episcopal Church and revised every four years, has become the major statement of Methodist policy in the political, economic, and social arenas.
	www.jmahoney.com /pietistmethodist_family_churches.htm (892 words)

	Social Creed
		Many of the principles enunciated in the Social Creed and in the general mood of the Progressive Era, such as a "living wage" sufficient to support a family, are regarded as absurd and unfeasible by many shapers of public opinion today.
		The original Social Creed's goals were partly fulfilled in the New Deal and the achievement of protection for unions, and even that partial fulfillment occurred, in part, because the churches wrestled with and added to that concise and concrete set of social goals.
		The Social Creed focused on the world of work, as decent employment was crucial to the moral development of each worker and (mainly) his family.
	www.witherspoonsociety.org /2004/social_creed.htm (2288 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online:
		The first Texas appointment of the Methodist Episcopal Church (made by the Missouri Conference in 1818) was of Stevenson to the Mount Prairie (Arkansas) and "Peecon Point" Circuit.
		In 1837 the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church established a mission to the state and sent seasoned ministers to the republic.
		The Methodist system of sending out circuit riders, closely supervised by presiding elders under the authority of itinerant bishops, to minister to the widely scattered settlers proved to be remarkably effective in Texas.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/MM/imm1.html (2027 words)

	CME - Our CME Heritage
		The name "Methodists" was first given by way of derision to four students at the University of Oxford, among them John and Charles Wesley, who in November 1729, began to meet together regularly in a "Holy Club" for study, prayer and communion.
		The Methodist Episcopal Church North and South was an outgrowth of Wesley's Methodism.
		The Colored Methodist Episcopal Church as it is commonly called, came into existence as a result of the movement from slavery to freedom.
	www.c-m-e.org /core/our_heritage.htm (457 words)

	Crisis in the Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		At the center of the acquittal of the Rev. Jimmy Creech of the charges of performing a "homosexual union ceremony," is the status of the Social Principles.
		The topics covered in the Social Principles are the natural world, the nurturing community, the social community, the economic community, the political community and the world community.
		Since the Social Principles are passed by General Conference, their views are the only official viewpoints to be used in public situations when we speak for the church.
	www.goodnewsmag.org /the_latest/kuyper.htm (1636 words)

	EDITOR’S CORNER: Look to The United Methodist Reporter for news of the church's social 'lightning rod'
		United Methodist staff in D.C. wryly describe their building as the house of the prophets, surrounded by the house of justice and the house of the people.
		For them, it's about how to implement the Social Principles of the church, which are adopted by the General Conference every four years as a way to flesh out the church's social creed.
		The first Methodist social creed, adopted in 1908, is inscribed on a plaque inside the United Methodist Building.
	www.reporterinteractive.org /main/Feeds/tabid/116/newsid/482/Default.aspx (849 words)

	TIME Magazine Archive Article -- Methodists in Russia -- Mar. 3, 1923
		The Soviet government has found in the social creed of the Methodist Episcopal Church of America the following principles: Protection of the worker from forced unemployment, old age pensions, minimum wage, reduction of hours of labor to the lowest practicable point, and the most equitable division of the product of industry which can be devised.
		(This creed was adopted by the Methodists in 1912).
		Three Methodist Episcopal bishops will go to Moscow in April to present the social creed to the government for approval and to cooperate in working out the destinies of the badly disorganized Russian Church.
	www.time.com /time/archive/preview/0,10987,881374,00.html (358 words)

	Library Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		"A Methodist," Wesley claimed, "is one who has the love of God shed abroad in his heart by the Holy Ghost given unto him, one who loves the Lord his God with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his mind, and with all his strength" (section 5).
		Although he claimed there was only one condition for Methodist membership, "a desire… to be saved from their sins," he insisted that for continuance in the society this must be confirmed by steady behavior befitting such a desire: avoiding evil, doing good, and attending upon all the ordinances of God.
		He showed how the Methodist social principles were being worked out in practice, usually with an eye to simi1ar precedents in the early Christian church.
	www.goodnewsmag.org /library/articles/baker-jf85.htm (1587 words)

	TimeLine of the Methodist Church
		Barbara Heck helps to establish a Methodist congregation in New York City which is a forerunner to the John Street Church.
		This is the earliest effort on record by the women of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South in support of foreign missions.
		Young J. Allen and wife, missionaries for the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, arrive in China to establish a mission.
	people.smu.edu /pcullen/timeline.htm (1620 words)

	Affirmation's Brief Submitted to the August 1998 Meeting of Judicial Council (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In 1914 and 1916, The Methodist Episcopal Church, South and The Methodist Protestant Church adopted social creeds.
		Given the history and usage of the Social Principles it is most reasonable to conclude that the General Conference wanted to express a strong opinion that The United Methodist Church disapproves of United Methodist clergy celebrating "homosexual unions." Disapproval is not grounds for charges.
		It would seem to be contrary to the mind of the General Conference and to the broad history of the Social Principles to now determine that, notwithstanding the choice to put the language in the Social Principles instead of Paragraph 2624, the passage is now to be considered grounds for charges against clergy.
	www.umaffirm.org /affnews4.html (1323 words)

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		Homosexuality was not addressed in either the Social Creed of the Methodist Church or the Social Issues and Moral Standards of the Evangelical United Brethren Church.
		During the 1980 General Conference an effort was made to add the phrase "no self avowed practicing homosexual therefore shall be ordained or appointed in the United Methodist Church," to paragraph 404 of the Discipline.
		At the 1988 General Conference the conference voted to continue the ban on ordination, the prohibition of church funding to "promote the acceptance of homosexuality" and the statement in the Social Principles.
	members.tde.com /ben/gc-hist.html (787 words)

	Church and Society News Briefs - Virginia Conference United Methodist Church
		Facing two of today's most critical issues, the United Methodist Board of Church and Society passed resolutions urging the United States and Iran to stop their "dangerous rhetoric" and called for Congress to pass a comprehensive immigration reform bill.
		The United Methodist Church is preparing for a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Social Creed in 2008 by encouraging its study and use in worship during the quadrennium 2004-2008.
		Revision of the Social Creed: Maybe We Can Sing It Bishop Susan Morrison and a group of fellow Church and Society board members have written a new version of the Social Creed for consideration at the General Conference in 2008.
	www.vaumc.org /index.cfm/fa/content.view/menuID/1941.htm (376 words)

	Reconciling Ministries Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		As for social justice awareness for GLBT folks and their allies, October is Gay History Month and National Coming Out Day, October 11 is just around the corner.
		And so, it is to all those GLBT folks and their allies who serve in the United Methodist Church who are closeted, who are open only to the "select few one can trust", who are struggling daily with the big secret they keep, that I pledge my continued work and support.
		I would close with the litany of The World Methodist Social Affirmation, #886 in the UMC Hymnal, but there is not enough room.
	www.rmnetwork.org /devotion/devotion20041011.php (1144 words)

	A Social Creed you can sing? Revision aims for broad usage - UMC.org
		WASHINGTON (UMNS) — A “user friendly” Social Creed will make its way to the 2008 General Conference, and if the writers have their way, it will be set to rap, African, country and many other musical beats.
		Bishop Susan Morrison and a small group of United Methodist Church and Society board members took on the task of rewriting the denomination's Social Creed in preparation for the 100th anniversary of the creed and Social Principles.
		The original creed was written in 1908 and rewritten in 1972.
	www.umc.org /site/c.gjJTJbMUIuE/b.1579723/k.7D59/A_Social_Creed_you_can_sing_Revision_aims_for_broad_usage.htm (547 words)

	Social Creed of the CME Church
		We believe that the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church is a part of the body of Christ, and that it must express itself in the world in the light of the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
		Yet we recognize that in many instances the growth of crime and delinquency is the result of family failure, and economic and social deprivation.
		We recommend that this Social Creed be presented to our congregations orally or in printed form at least once each year and that frequent references be made to it.
	www.godonthe.net /cme/methdist/soccreed.htm (1581 words)

	200 Years of United Methodism, Gallery of Photographs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Methodist Camp Meeting, engraving by E. Clay, published in New York by H. Robinson, 1836.
		Handwritten petition to the 1880 General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church from the trustees and stewards of the Willoughby Ave.
		Text of American Methodism's first Social Creed as printed in the Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1908.
	www.drew.edu /books/200Years/gallery/gallery.htm (1672 words)

	Blythe's United Methodist Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Christians (including Methodists) believe that Jesus was God on Earth (the product of a virgin conception) in the form of a man who was crucified for the sins of all people, and who was physically resurrected to bring them the hope of eternal life.
		Though United Methodists have many things in common with other Christian religions, there are some aspects of the religion that are distinctively Methodist.
		The most fundamental of these is the Methodist teaching that people must use logic and reason in all matters of faith.
	home.earthlink.net /~blythecumc/id12.html (904 words)

	Yorkville United Methodist Church \| What Is UMC
		Yorkville UMC is a part of the Wisconsin Conference of the United Methodist Church.
		The United Methodist Church believes in a connected body of churches with a common commitment to bring Christ to the world through creative worship, meaningful service to those in need, and Christian activism to address evils in our world.
		With over 8 million members, the United Methodist Church is one of the larger denominations in the United States.
	www.yumc.org /believe/umc.htm (339 words)

	Methodist Federation for Social Action (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Originally the Methodist Federation for Social Service, MFSA was founded in 1907 by several Methodist Episcopal clergy (including Frank Mason North, author of "Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life") to direct church attention to the enormous human suffering among the working class.
		Immediately the Federation became Methodism's unofficial rallying point for the Social Gospel and achieved in 1908 the adoption of the first denominational social creed.
		The Federation unites activist United Methodists to promote action on the liberation issues confronting the church and society and to witness to the transformation of the social order that is intrinsic to the church's entire life, including its evangelism, preaching, counseling, and spirituality.
	www.mfsaweb.org /whoweare/A0300.html (407 words)

	Latest News
		We are approaching the hundredth anniversary of the so-called "Social Creed of the Churches," adopted in 1908 at the founding meeting of the Federal Council of Churches.
		While liberal theology did have its influence, the spirit of social concern was far broader, gaining its broad appeal because of this older heritage and a new willingness to make moral judgments about the realities of their own time.
		The statement that came to be known as "the Social Creed of the Churches" grew out of the Methodist Church, which adopted eleven key principles were at the 1908 General Conference.
	www.cja-ucc.org /id3.html (5631 words)

	200 Years of United Methodism, page 59 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		This Social Gospel--which offered a way of refocusing the attention of Christians who had been distracted by fossils, monkeys, and alleged errors in the Bible--was heralded in Methodism by the Methodist Federation for Social Service, founded in 1907.
		It sought humanization of the marketplace through industrial arbitration, factory safety, abolition of child labor, protection of women workers, reduction of hours of labor, and guarantee of a living wage.
		All this was to be achieved by recognizing "the Golden Rule and the mind of Christ as the supreme law of society and the sure remedy for all social ills." Similar social creeds were adopted by the United Brethren in 1909, southern Methodism in 1914, and the Methodist Protestants in 1916.
	www.drew.edu /books/200Years/part3/059.htm (191 words)

	CME Beginnings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, or the CME Church as it is commonly called, came into existence as a result of the movement from slavery to freedom.
		The Methodist Episcopal Church South was an outgrowth of Wesley's Methodism.
		On Tuesday, December 20, they adopted the Methodist South's Book of Discipline and on Wednesday, December 21, they elected two of their own preachers - William H. Miles of Kentucky and Richard H. Vanderhorst of Georgia - as their bishops.
	www.c-m-e.org /core/CME_Beginnings.htm (238 words)

	Church and Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The United Methodist Church believes that we are called to live our faith in society.
		The Social Creed of the United Methodist Church
		(It is recommended that this statement of Social Principles be continually available to United Methodist Christians and that it be emphasized regularly in every congregation.
	www.indfumc.org /church.htm (308 words)

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