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Agape Love: Central And Most Complete Christian Moral Norm

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Agape Love of Christ and all persons is the central and most complete Christian moral norm. What is Agape Love? “Agape is selfless, sacrificial, unconditional love, the highest form of love in the Bible. Agape perfectly describes the kind of love Jesus Christ had for his father and his followers.” In view of that, SCUMC ethical obligation to address poverty in South Carolina will be centered on the moral norm of agape love, the sacrificial love that seeks what is good for those we are called to love. Scripture affirms in 2 Corinthians 5:14 that “14 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.” Here this verse demonstrates for us that the center of and power behind Christ ministry is
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