The fact that God is Love is still the most important fact for our day, and is the underlying factor that I believe can link theological, historical, and scriptural perspectives. It is the intersection in which mutual understanding an take place as we discuss an important principle established in Community of Christ Enduring Principles, the Worth of All Persons. Establishing the awareness and value of all persons has been a constant value pursued by the Restoration, Reorganization, and the Era of Community. As I explored the transformation of this principle, I believe it is a consistent influence in the journey of our heritage. The history of the faith movement includes a young man entering a grove, seeking to find God’s will for his life.
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It is essential to point out it is through this passionate testimony and faithful journey that a faith movement was born. As Joseph responded to his desire to serve God, he was surrounded by a culture that was experiencing great conflict in values and social division. These challenges shaped this prophets leadership and began a journey of discovering the value of all people.
From that initial experience in the grove, we can find the impress of the mission of Christ through the hope and vision of Zion. And with each Era, the cause and hope of Zion responds further with a desire to understand God’s grace through Christ for all humankind. Joseph leads a group of people with a new hope for this place called Zion. They were convinced that they were the one and only true church, and any other religion was an apostate. They believed that Zion would be built in the “center place” in Independence, Missouri. Today, I believe the idea of Zion …show more content…
From the beginning of his journey as president of the Reorganized Church in 1860, Smith asked the church during his ordination, to bear with him as he tried to direct its matters with reason and faith. In May of 1865, he brought forth this discussion on one of the weightiest issues facing the reorganization and society. The Civil War had sown deep roots of division through the social, religious, and political cultures of America. It is recorded, in The Memoirs of President Joseph Smith, “The settling of the New World and the building up of our Republican politically and religiously was the work of sturdy men.” Through Smith’s exceptional gifts as an administrator, leader, and prophet, he exemplifies the sturdiness in his leadership. In the book, Invisible Saints, Roger D. Launius describes the general perceptions of racism and equality as follows, “Equality was a far more revolutionary aim than freedom, though it may not have seemed so at first.” I believe this concept, equality verses freedom, is the most challenging for humankind to recognize as we committee to valuing all people. Today, Doctrine and Covenants section 116 gives me the impression, to be a forward-looking document. This represented an important step in the church’s social and moral milieu. The challenge of racial segregation
It is essential to point out it is through this passionate testimony and faithful journey that a faith movement was born. As Joseph responded to his desire to serve God, he was surrounded by a culture that was experiencing great conflict in values and social division. These challenges shaped this prophets leadership and began a journey of discovering the value of all people.
From that initial experience in the grove, we can find the impress of the mission of Christ through the hope and vision of Zion. And with each Era, the cause and hope of Zion responds further with a desire to understand God’s grace through Christ for all humankind. Joseph leads a group of people with a new hope for this place called Zion. They were convinced that they were the one and only true church, and any other religion was an apostate. They believed that Zion would be built in the “center place” in Independence, Missouri. Today, I believe the idea of Zion …show more content…
From the beginning of his journey as president of the Reorganized Church in 1860, Smith asked the church during his ordination, to bear with him as he tried to direct its matters with reason and faith. In May of 1865, he brought forth this discussion on one of the weightiest issues facing the reorganization and society. The Civil War had sown deep roots of division through the social, religious, and political cultures of America. It is recorded, in The Memoirs of President Joseph Smith, “The settling of the New World and the building up of our Republican politically and religiously was the work of sturdy men.” Through Smith’s exceptional gifts as an administrator, leader, and prophet, he exemplifies the sturdiness in his leadership. In the book, Invisible Saints, Roger D. Launius describes the general perceptions of racism and equality as follows, “Equality was a far more revolutionary aim than freedom, though it may not have seemed so at first.” I believe this concept, equality verses freedom, is the most challenging for humankind to recognize as we committee to valuing all people. Today, Doctrine and Covenants section 116 gives me the impression, to be a forward-looking document. This represented an important step in the church’s social and moral milieu. The challenge of racial segregation