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The Social Gospel Movement Today

  • Even today, churches are reaching out to people to spread kindness and to let religion influence their daily lives.
  • Many churches fund raise to help those in poverty

Walter Rauschenbusch

  • Some say that there would be less violence if people were more involved with the churches
  • Walter Rauschenbusch was born on October 4, 1861 in Rochester, New York.
  • His father was a German preacher.
  • He went to school in both America and Germany
  • His father hoped that being educated in Germany would help him connect better with his homeland's culture and religion
  • He graduated from Rochester Theology Seminary in May 1886
  • Then he became the pastorate of Second German Baptist Church in June 1886
  • He was troubled by the poverty and sicknesses of his congregation

The Social Gospel Movement

Rauschenbusch's Impact

  • He established several neighborhood projects when he returned to New York

Reform

  • He founded the Brotherhood of the Kingdom
  • People were poor, unemployed, and addicted to alcohol and drugs
  • He published the book "Christianity and the Social Crisis" as well as other works
  • Reformers believed these problems were due to lack of human morality
  • Rauschenbusch's work influenced large amounts of people. The Social Gospel movement changed the way people presented themselves, and propelled other reformers into action in other areas.

People interacted with each other differently before the Social Gospel movement. They weren't Christian in the way they acted. People struck out at each other and society, some were criminals or lowlifes. The Social Gospel movement pushed people to behave more humanely. Reformers urged people to be kinder, and taught that a Christian approach to a problem could help solve it.

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