Social ministry of Church joins complementary two forms of activity: social pastoral work and social apostleship. This ministry has its roots in fundamental functions of Church: teaching, sanctifying and pastoral. The social ministry of Church can be particularized by analysis of its theological foundations and characteristics of its dynamic presence in three fields: teaching-educational, moral-ritual and community-organizational.
Keywords:
social ministry of the Church, social pastoral work, social apostleship, pastoral theology, practical theology
Drożdż, B. (2025). On the Areas of Updating the Social Ministry of Church: A Pastoral Column. Społeczeństwo, 34(4), 114–124. https://doi.org/10.58324/s.431