We must remember that social reform must be attempted using the foundations of God's Principles as found in the Old and New Testaments of the Sacred Scriptures. Apart from God's Laws social reform becomes decadent and perverted. But, I find William Wilberforce a true example of a Christian in the midst of a battle for reform. He was a key proponent for the elimination of the slave trade in the early 1800's in England. See article from Christianity Today below:
William Wilberforce Antislavery politician
"So enormous, so dreadful, so irremediable did the [slave] trade's wickedness appear that my own mind was completely made up for abolition. Let the consequences be what they would: I from this time determined that I would never rest until I had effected its abolition."
Today Christians can be involved in a number of social issues: to oppose abortion and help mothers in need; defend the Godly concept of marriage; feeding the poor; and in some parts of the world help to eliminate the slave trade still going on. Yet, in all of these issues and others Christ and His forgiveness for sin must be proclaimed.
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