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ARTICLE IV (Cont.)
This question has caused difficulties in other denominations in recent years.
Other theological developments and controversies which marked the period from the Civil War to World War I were the holiness movement, the rise of liberal theology and the Social Gospel movement.
The Methodist Episcopal Church demonstrated its regard for social issues by adopting a Social Creed at its 1908 General Conference.
Social problems were also a spur in the movement toward ecumenism and interchurch cooperation.
Each of the denominations now included in the United Methodist Church became active in the Federal Council of Churches, the first major ecumenical venture among American Protestants.