Christianity has no monopoly on love, goodness and social action ..... But Christianity is a great motivator and generator of compassion
Early church ...emperor Julian was anti christian..... Christianity has been advanced through the loving service rendered to strangers....care for their own poor but for ours as well
Atheist philosopher Bertrand Russell .... There are certain things this age needs ...... Compassion, and a wish for mankind to be happy ...the root of the matter is love, a christian love, or compassion
Victorian era .....
Central role is TU movement and Labour Party ...vicar of Tolpuddle and George Loveless formed Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers ...Tolpuddle Martyrs 5 out of 6 Methodists , the Loveless brothers being local preachers
Barnardo's
National Children's Homes NCH ...Methodist
Spurgeon's Child Care ...baptist
Muller's Homes ...evangelical brethren
The Children's Society ...Anglican
William Wilberforce ...abolition of the slave trade ...John Newton ex slave trader ...amazing grace. John Wesley wrote to Wilberforce "go on in the name of God and in the power of his might, till even American slavery shall vanish away before it" Slavery Abolition Act 1833
Prison reform ...Betsy Fry....Newgate Prison ....astonishing reforms
Modern nursing ...Florence Nightingale
Save the children...grew from work of Eglantyne Jebb working with starving children in Central Europe
...in these days, so full of darkness and terror ...what happiness and peace can nevertheless be ours if we can realise Christ in our midst.
Christian socialists ..Charles Kingsley (the water babies) and Margaret McMillan (revolutionised education) JB Priestley ..such persons, single minded, pure in heart, blazing with selfless love, are the jewels of our species
Salvation Army ..William and Catherine a Booth ...went to the challenging and desperate places
The Leprosy Mission Father Damien a Belgian priest worked with leprosy sufferers
Mother Teresa
Civil rights in the U.S. Martin Luther King
South Africa Desmond Tutu
Shelter for homelessness
Samaritans
Mansion House 9000 Rev Chad Varah
Hospice Movement ..Dame Cicely Saunders
Amnesty International
L'Arche(the ark) caring communities for people with special needs
Missing Persons Bureau
Local church ..study ...christian faith a strong motivator for concern and care for others
..if there had been no Jesus would the world be any poorer?
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