Holman United Methodist Church

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This paper discusses a survey of members of the Holman United Methodist Church. The paper explains that the surveyed church members stated that the Holman United Methodist's church mission was to create a stronger community. The author analyzes data from primary sources and from direct interviews with the church members, and concludes that it it was apparent that the church is communally focused upon four guidelines: the distinctive center, justification by grace and a political ethic, tolerance and a pluralist society, and realism and hope. The author states that the church effectively promotes a moralistic ethical system, pride in themselves and political skills to take control of their lives and the Los Angeles African-American community.

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"The New Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines the word community as a body of persons having a history or social economic and political interest in common (Webster). Through observation one can see that the members of the Holman United Methodist Church HUMC literally embody this definition since the demographics consists of low to middle class African American community members who reside in the same geographic location fight for their rights of equality in the business sector share similar historical..."

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