The Reasons Why I Blog, and Its Connection to An Online Church

The Publication of this Blog and the Reasons For Its Existence, or Why I Blog About the Bible and the Social Gospel

Minister Paul J Bern
5 min readOct 5, 2021

by Rev. Paul J. Bern

First, if you’re here for the very first time, welcome! I am absolutely delighted that you have come to join us. There are literally many hundreds of followers spread out all over the blogging world and on my new website located on “Google My Business”, which can be found right here. This blog is promoted by Rev. Paul J. Bern and the Social Gospel Worship and Learning Center. This ministry and on-line church have existed since 2015, and its headquarters is well located near the center of downtown Atlanta, GA.

So what is the Social Gospel, and why does it even matter? GotQuestions.org defines it this way: “Question: What is the social gospel? Answer: The phrase “social gospel” is usually used to describe a Protestant Christian intellectual movement that came to prominence in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Those who adhered to a social gospel sought to apply Christian ethics to social problems such as poverty, slums, poor nutrition and education, alcoholism, crime, and war. And Britannica defines it as follows: Social Gospel. Advocates of the movement interpreted the…

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Minister Paul J Bern

Rev. Paul J. Bern is a Web pastor and blogger on The Social Gospel Blog on Medium and Substack. Longtime Atlanta Ga. resident; stroke survivor; piano player