On Social Justice: Taking charity to the next level

“Beyond the United States, on all inhabited continents, some churches that have been reaching pre-Christian people are discovering that Christians are called to be kingdom people who work to change communities and nations. Churches that for years have dispensed medicine to sick children now also work for clean water and sanitation so there will be fewer sick children. Churches that have ministered to AIDS patients and their families now also work for the laws and lifestyle changes that will prevent many people form ever contracting AIDS. Churches that have helped poor people are now also digging wells; starting schools; pioneering cottage industries; advocating for roads, electricity and jobs; and engaging in other interventions to help abjectly poor people reach the lowest step on the economic ladder. A recent global study demonstrates that many Pentecostal churches in the branch of Christianity long considered the least socially prophetic are now socially engaged and are changing communities.”

--George G. Hunter III in The Apostolic Congregation p 35