Social Gospel

The Social Gospel is the : "Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven". They typically were postmillennialist; that is, they believed the Second Coming could non happen until humankind rid itself of social evils by human effort. The Social Gospel was more popular among clergy than laity. Its leaders were predominantly associated with the liberal wing of the progressive movement, and most were theologically liberal, although a few were also conservative when it came to their views on social issues. Important leaders subject Richard T. Ely, Josiah Strong, Washington Gladden, & Walter Rauschenbusch.

Canada

The Methodist minister, together with Alberta MP William Irvine. Woodsworth wrote extensively about the social gospel from experiences gained while works with immigrant slum dwellers in Winnipeg from 1904 to 1913. His writings called for the Kingdom of God "here and now". This political party took energy in the province of Saskatchewan in 1944. This group, led by Tommy Douglas, a Baptist minister, submitted universal medicare, classification allowance and old age pensions. This political party has since largely lost its religious basis, and became a secular social democratic party. The Social usefulness Council SSC was the "reforming arm of Protestantism in Canada", and promoted conviction of the social gospel. Under the "aggressive control of Charlotte Whitton", the Canadian Council of Child Welfare, opposed "a widening of social security protection..." and "continued to impede the implementation of provincial mothers' pensions", instead pressing for the "traditional private charity" model. Charlotte Whitton argued that children should be removed from their homes "instead of paying money to needy parents" Charlotte Whitton, as Christie and Gauvreau constituent out, was also a unit of the SSC, The SSC's mandate allocated the "intensive Christian conquest of Canada".

The Social Gospel was a significant influence in the lines of the People's Church in Brandon, Manitoba, in 1919. Started by Methodist minister William Ivens started another workers church, the "Labor Church," in 1918. Both Smith and Ivens tried to gain leaves of absence from their Methodist ministries, which were initially granted. Upon a decision to bring all such special cases ago the Methodist Stationing Committee, however, the decisions were rescinded.