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The United Methodist Church has a long history of concern for the social justice issues of the day.

We believe God's love for the world is an active and engaged love, a love seeking justice and liberty. 

Learn how United Methodists are called to live differently and work toward a different kind of world than the one we have now. 

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Why do we have Social Principles?

The Methodist Social Creed, predecessor to the Social Principles, originated over a century ago to express concern over the exploitation of millions of workers.

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More than a dozen former alcoholics and addicts carried signs telling how it felt to be in recovery during a presentation at the 2012 Oklahoma Annual Conference meeting in Tulsa. Photo by Boyce Bowdon
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May United Methodists drink alcohol?

United Methodists support abstinence and pledge to work to end alcohol and drug abuse.

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