Hillary Clinton Talks About her Faith at Methodist Women’s Conference in Kentucky

Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers the keynote address to the United Methodist Women Assembly. She said the conference’s theme, “Make it Happen,” was apt because it’s “what women do every day.”

Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke about her Methodist faith in personal terms Saturday, telling a gathering of Methodist women that their conference felt like a “homecoming” and that the church’s obligation to serve others has guided her personal and professional life.

“I have always cherished the Methodist Church because it gave us the great gift of personal salvation but also the great obligation of social gospel,” she said in her keynote address at the annual United Methodist Women Assembly. “And I took that very seriously and have tried, tried to be guided in my own life ever since as an advocate for children and families, for women and men around the world who are oppressed and persecuted, denied their human rights and human dignity.”

Clinton told the 7,000 women who gave her a rousing welcome at the Kentucky International Convention Center that Methodist women know how to “get things done,” including taking on the responsibility of serving their communities and the less fortunate.

“So it’s really like a homecoming to be here with all of you from across our country and around the world to celebrate the great web of passion and connection that ties all Methodists together,” she said. “To honor the good you are doing in your communities and that is being done through you throughout the world. To recommit ourselves to living the gospel and putting our faith into action.”

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SOURCE: Katie Zezima
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