Editing Social justice (section)

===== Evangelicalism =====
''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine noted that younger Evangelicals also increasingly engage in social justice.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Sullivan|first=Amy|date=2010-06-01|title=Young Evangelicals: Expanding Their Mission|language=en-US|magazine=Time|url=http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1992463-1,00.html|access-date=2020-10-08|issn=0040-781X|archive-date=15 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115185057/http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1992463-1,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[John Stott]] traced the call for social justice back to the cross, "The cross is a revelation of God's justice as well as of his love. That is why the community of the cross should concern itself with social justice as well as with loving philanthropy."<ref>{{Cite book|last=Stott|first=John|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uSHC3qDjFS4C&pg=PA285|title=The Cross of Christ|date=2012-11-29|publisher=InterVarsity Press|isbn=978-0-8308-6636-6|page=185|language=en}}</ref>

====== Methodism ======
From its founding, Methodism was a Christian social justice movement. Under [[John Wesley]]'s direction, Methodists became leaders in many social justice issues of the day, including the [[prison reform]] and [[abolitionism|abolition]] movements. Wesley himself was among the first to preach for slaves rights, attracting significant opposition.<ref>S. R. Valentine, John Bennet & the Origins of Methodism and the Evangelical revival in England, Scarecrow Press, Lanham, 1997.</ref><ref>Carey, Brycchan. "John Wesley (1703–1791)." The British Abolitionists. Brycchan Carey, 11 July 2008. 5 October 2009. [http://www.brycchancarey.com/abolition/index.htm Brycchancarey.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129112229/http://brycchancarey.com/abolition/index.htm |date=29 January 2016 }}</ref><ref>Wesley John, "Thoughts Upon Slavery," John Wesley: Holiness of Heart and Life. Charles Yrigoyen, 1996. 5 October 2009. [http://gbgm-umc.org/umw/wesley/thoughtsuponslavery.stm Gbgm-umc.org] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016083225/http://gbgm-umc.org/umw/wesley/thoughtsuponslavery.stm |date=16 October 2014 }}</ref>

Today, social justice plays a major role in the [[United Methodist Church]] and the [[Free Methodist Church]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Do Justice |url=https://www.ffmc.org/do-justice |publisher=First Free Methodist Church |access-date=12 June 2021 |language=English }}{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The ''Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church'' says, "We hold governments responsible for the protection of the rights of the people to free and fair elections and to the freedoms of speech, religion, assembly, communications media, and petition for redress of grievances without fear of reprisal; to the [[right to privacy]]; and to the guarantee of the rights to adequate food, clothing, shelter, education, and health care."<ref>The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church – 2012 ¶164 V, [http://www.umc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content.aspx?c=lwL4KnN1LtH&b=5066539&ct=6467671&notoc=1 umc.org] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206020517/http://www.umc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content.aspx?c=lwL4KnN1LtH&b=5066539&ct=6467671&notoc=1 |date=6 December 2013 }}</ref> The United Methodist Church also teaches [[Human population control|population control]] as part of its doctrine.<ref>The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church – 2008 ¶ 162 K, [http://www.umc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content.aspx?c=lwL4KnN1LtH&b=5066539&ct=6467635&notoc=1 umc.org] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206012803/http://www.umc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content.aspx?c=lwL4KnN1LtH&b=5066539&ct=6467635&notoc=1 |date=6 December 2013 }}</ref>