Hi Jeffrey. I agree that as Christ followers, we should be striving to have the mind of Christ (Philippians 2:1-7). Having the mind of Christ would naturally cause us to be mindful of the plight of the poor and oppressed humanity of the world. How we respond should be determined by whether or not our response glorifies God or not. There’s a book authored by Christian professor, John C. Nugent, entitled Endangered Gospel: How fixing the World is Killing the Church. The so-called Social Gospel is exactly what this is. In this book, Nugent is making the claim the the Church wasn’t called to try to make the world a better place. Rather, the Church was called to BE the better place. In this way the consummated Kingdom of God is on display as a preview of what will be. When the poor and downtrodden, see the peace and love of Christ on display, they will be drawn to it. The book of Act’s