To help guide our thinking and acting about how we live in, and are in engaged in ministry in the world, The United Methodist Church has created statements to guide the church in its efforts to create a world of justice. The United Methodist Social Principles are the official positions of the United Methodist Church (adopted by General Conference) on a variety of justice issues.
You can read The Social Principles at www.umc.org/what-we-believe/social-principles-social-creed.