Moral and Social Issues Council (MASIC)

Moral, social and ethical issues for today's Salvation Army

The Moral and Social Issues (Ethics) Council (MASIC) studies and formulates Salvation Army responses on significant moral, religious and social issues. Its aim is to help The Salvation Army New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga Territory take a proactive stance in relation to such issues, and to support Salvationist decision-making in everyday life.

Discussion documents - Talk Sheets

MASIC's 'Living Counter Culturally' Talk Sheets are intended as internal discussion and resource documents for Salvationists. They provide biblical and theological reflection on the intersection of faith in the everyday world.

The discussion documents published below do not represent the official position of The Salvation Army—they are the views of the writer(s)—but are provided to enlighten, challenge and provoke individuals into thinking about these important issues.

• Power in the Church
• Abstinence from Alcohol
• Pre-Implementation Genetic Diagnosis
• Gamete and Embryo Research
• Problem Gambling
• Turning People into Things: Sexxx...

Additional resources

• The Salvation Army Alcohol Abstinence Stance - Historical Perspective
• Homosexuality

Positional Statements

The Salvation Army has local and international Positional Statements that state the organisation's view on some moral and social issues.

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