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Social Gospel
Social Action
1. Follows evangelism, is a consequence of evangelism (faith issues in love, good works are a vital evidence of salvation).
2. Precedes evangelism, is a bridge to communicating the gospel
3. Accompanies evangelism
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Salvation Army Shelters
William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, was brushing his mane-like white hair when his son Bramwell stepped into the room. “Bramwell!” he cried. “Did you know that men sleep out all night on the bridges?” “Well, yes,” the son replied. “A lot of poor fellows I suppose do that.” “Then you ought to be ashamed of yourself to have known it and to have done nothing for them!” his father retorted. And when the son began to talk about the Poor Law program, General Booth waved a hand and said, “Go and do something! We must do something!” “What can we do?” “Get them a shelter!” “That will cost money,” replied Bramwell. “Well, that is your affair. Something must be done. Get hold of a warehouse and warm it, and find something to cover them. But mind, Bramwell, no coddling!” That was the beginning of Salvation Army shelters.
The Wycliffe Handbook of Preaching & Preachers, W. Wiersbe, p. 184
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- One cannot save and then pitchfork souls into heaven... Souls are more or less securely fastened to bodies...and as you cannot get the souls out and deal with them separately, you have to take them both together. - Amy Carmichael, in response to criticism for her humanitarian work in India
Quoted in Guardians of the Great Commission, by Ruth A. Tucker
Piety Without Philanthropy is Unreal
Bible expositor Bonar Law once said that love to man is truly love “only when it is rooted and governed by love to God. Piety without philanthropy is unreal; philanthropy without piety is either immoral or impotent.” That’s a sobering statement. There are lots of humanitarians who are doing good things, but if they are doing them without any relationship to God, the ultimate result is failure.
Ian M. Hay, SIM NOW, May-June, 1989, p. 2
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