The Pacific Union Conference on Social Justice
Today we bring you an episode that was originally aired last October on the topic of Social Justice, just as relevant and timely today as it has ever been.
The Executive Committee of the Pacific Union provides guidance and oversight for the work of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Pacific Southwest. The membership of the committee is comprised of individuals from across our geographical territory, with important representation from both our lay leadership and our organizational leadership. The Executive Committee sets the pace and focus for the work of the Pacific Union. And that’s why the statement on Social Justice, which was voted by the Executive Committee on September 23, 2020, is so important. Read the statement online via the link below.
In this week's episode of All God's People, we begin our report with a visual presentation of the statement that is simply entitled “Social Justice.”
Also in this week's episode:
Elder Ricardo Graham, president of the Pacific Union Conference, and Elder Brad Newton, executive secretary and ministerial secretary of the Union, spoke recently about why a statement on social justice, coming at this time, is important to the mission and ministry of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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“Then as the children of God are one in Christ, how does Jesus look upon caste, upon society distinctions, upon the division of man from his fellow-man, because of color, race, position, wealth, birth, or attainments? The secret of unity is found in the equality of believers in Christ. The reason of all division, discord, and difference is found in separation from Christ. Christ is the center to which all should be attracted; for the nearer we approach the center, the closer we shall come together in feeling, in sympathy, in love, growing into the character and image of Jesus. With God there is no respect of persons.”
– Ellen G. White, Review and Herald, December 22, 1891
