Christianity • Protestantism The Social Creed originated to express Methodism's outrage over the miserable lives of the millions of workers in factories, mines, mills, tenements and company towns.
[3] It has been altered through the years, and still appears in The Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church, following the Social Principles section.
We believe in the present and final triumph of God’s Word in human affairs and gladly accept our commission to manifest the life of the gospel in the world.
For the gradual and reasonable reduction of the hours of labor to the lowest practical point, with work for all; and for that degree of leisure for all which is the condition of the highest human life.
For the recognition of the Golden Rule and the mind of Christ as the supreme law of society and the sure remedy for all social ills.When the Federal Council of Churches adopted the social creed in December 1908, they added the following phrase at the end: To the toilers of America and to those who by organized effort are seeking to lift the crushing burdens of the poor, and to reduce the hardships and uphold the dignity of labor, this Council sends the greeting of human brotherhood and the pledge of sympathy and of help in a cause which belongs to all who follow Christ.