Upholding the worth and dignity of all human beings is hard work, but it is an essential part of our responsibility to represent Jesus in a hurting and divided world.

Eighty years ago, the United Nations was conceived within a moral atmosphere deeply permeated by Christian thought. Yet the vital role that Christians played in this vision is largely forgotten.

The roots of human rights actually go back much further than the Enlightenment, to minority Christian traditions including Mennonites and Baptists.