When thinking of social gospel, the idea of preaching comes to my mind. The concept to go into public and tell the outside world how you feel about a specific topic, that is what I think of when talking about social gospel.

When learning about the civil rights movement I learned about Martin Luther King Jr., a very passionate, caring, and thoughtful black man who knew he wanted to make all individuals have the same rights. In March, Lewis was just as passionate about having his voice heard as Martin was. They both preached about equal rights, wanting every white and black female and male to all be equal. Through God’s eyes we are all the same, that is what Christians believe, that is also what Martin and Lewis believed. When these men went out and gave speeches, they told their ideas through God’s ideas. These men preached just as much as a preacher would, going into public, into the media’s eye, wanting to be heard and seen, just trying to get their voices out into the world. That is what social gospel is known as.

If you asked me what social gospel was, I would tell you it’s voicing how you feel into the public, putting your ideas out to the people who want to listen and have the same viewpoints as you do. I can see that continuously throughout March, in the beginning with the chickens being preached to, then later having it become thousands upon thousands of people. In today’s time, social gospel is used in the media, and across many platforms. Everyone has something to preach about, and throughout time it has become easier to do so. Many people have become fluent in the way of social gospel, myself on the other hand I am do not feel very literate in social gospel, at least not as well as Lewis or Martin. Martin stood at the podium in Washington D.C., gave his ” I Have a Dream” speech, something I do not believe I could do. In conclusion, I believe social gospel is when an individual expresses themselves to the public religiously about something they care very strongly about, and I feel in March, that is an ongoing theme as well as in our everyday real lives.