Affirmation of Faith based on the Revised Social Principles

I wrote this for my church to use during a four-part series on the Revised Social Principles of the United Methodist Church.

We affirm that human beings are made for God and for one another. We celebrate the diversity of our human family and respond to God’s call in the world through acts of mercy and justice.

We affirm that all creation belongs to God and is a manifestation of God’s goodness. Humans, nonhuman animals, plants, and other forms of life are a part of a web of community that depends on each other. We affirm our sacred call to be good stewards of all that has been entrusted to us.

We profess that all we are and all that we possess, belongs to God. We are temporary stewards of resources and material goods that should be used to serve God and our neighbor. We recognize economic challenges of scarcity, but pledge to live into a Kingdom of God where all are cared for and all have enough.

We affirm that human beings are made for God and for one another. We celebrate the diversity of our human family and respond to God’s call to love our neighbors of the world through acts of mercy and justice.

We affirm that our involvement in political systems is rooted in the Gospel imperative to love our neighbor, to do justice, and to care for the vulnerable. Our political action is to be aimed at a common good and not a pursuit of power.

I believe that the Triune God is a God that is community, and that God created humanity to be in community. We are called to be holy, and are made holy though the saving work of Christ and the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit. Amen.