Social Principles, pt. 4

We bring our October sermon series on the Social Principles to a close next Sunday with a look at ¶164, The Political Community:

¶164 While our allegiance to God takes precedence over our allegiance to any state, we acknowledge the vital function of government as a principal vehicle for the ordering of society.  Because we know ourselves to be responsible to God for social and political life, we declare the following relative to governments:

Basic Freedoms & Human Rights | Political Responsibility |  Church and State Relations | Freedom of Information | Education | Civil Obedience and Civil Disobedience | The Death Penalty | Criminal and Restorative Justice | Military Service

From The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church - 2004. Copyright 2004 by The United Methodist Publishing House. Used by permission.