Missão de transformar pessoas e sociedade

A tradição une evangelização, discipulado, compaixão e reforma moral e social.

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O que é: O metodismo entende sua missão como formação de discípulos e transformação da vida humana em dimensões pessoais, comunitárias e sociais.

Como a tradição entende: Evangelização, santificação, educação, justiça, misericórdia e ação pública podem caminhar juntas. A conversão pessoal não elimina responsabilidade social; ao contrário, tende a ampliá-la.

Base e contexto: Essa síntese entre renovação interior e impacto social faz parte importante do legado metodista.

Debates e variações: Igrejas metodistas diferem nas ênfases políticas e missionárias, mas em geral mantêm forte vocação pública.

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Galatians 5:6

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Faith working through love.

Reference: Galatians 5:6.
Content: Paul speaks of faith working through love.
Use in debate: It is very fitting for the Methodist language of sanctification and active love.

John Wesley, General Rules

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The General Rules summarize Methodist discipline in avoiding evil, doing good, and attending upon the ordinances of God.

Reference: John Wesley, General Rules.
Content: The text directs Methodists to do no harm, do good, and attend upon the ordinances of God.
Use in debate: It is foundational for social holiness, discipline, and Methodist practice.

UMC.org, The Wesleyan Means of Grace

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An official text on the means of grace and their division into piety and mercy.

Reference: UMC.org, The Wesleyan Means of Grace.
Content: The material explains works of piety and works of mercy as practices through which God strengthens faith.
Use in debate: It is a central source for the means of grace and social holiness.

William Booth and the Wesleyan Social Legacy

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Though connected to a later movement, Booth expresses a social unfolding of the Wesleyan ethos.

Reference: The historical development of social movements with a Wesleyan matrix.
Content: The Methodist ethos strongly influenced works of mercy, urban evangelization, and social reform in many contexts.
Use in debate: It functions as a broader historical support for social holiness and public mission.