Activities
- Research, publication and dissemination of material that encourages thoughtful consideration of issues covered in the six charitable objects of the Society’s constitution found in clause 2 (a) to (f) - relating to the moral and spiritual welfare of the individual, family and society. The Society’s focus is highlighting the benefits gained by society when it advances good moral standards and seeks to discourage harmful immoral and injurious activities (e.g. drug abuse, child pornography, sexual abuse, incest, etc).
- Promotion of Judaeo-Christian moral values via public debate, media interviews, website blog, seminars, lectures, on issues dealt with in objects (a) to (f) such as encouraging "responsible freedom of expression".
- Equipping and informing the public and church and community groups of the benefits of "community standards", informing them by means of the methods listed above, of how they can participate in the democratic process of constructive debate and get informed on public policy making processes that will benefit society.
- Promotion of and networking with research and media groups in New Zealand for the purpose of advancing the Society’s objects (a) to (f) - that will benefit society.
- Ancillary role: engaging in moral issues advocacy relating to issues directly affecting children, young persons, and the moral, spiritual and physical health of individuals, families and society. For example, from time to time the Society will accept invitations from select committees to share the Society’s knowledge, expertise, opinion etc on proposed legislation (e.g. Films, Videos and Publications, Classification Amendment Bill).
- Important: Please note that:
- Section 2(e) of the Society’s Constitution has recently been reviewed by the membership, and amended to reflect the Society’s primary and increasing focus on education and enablement of our constituents and other related community groups.
- "Judeo-Christian (or Judaeo-Christian) is a term used to describe the body of concepts and values which are thought to be held in common by Judaism and Christianity, and typically considered (sometimes along with classical Greco-Roman civilization) a fundamental basis for Western legal codes and moral values. In particular, the term refers to the common Old Testament/Tanakh (which is a basis of both moral traditions, including particularly the Ten Commandments); and implies a common set of values present in the modern Western World." (Extract from Wikipedia).
- The Society’s Web blog (www.spcs.org.nz) aims to stimulate rational reflection on, and reasoned appraisal of, a wide rage of issues affecting families and society. Since human opinion is always corrigible and meaningful assertions imply conditions under which they may be falsified, the web blog opinion piece articles are written in the belief that truth is ultimately independent of opinion. The opinions and views expressed in such web log articles do not necessarily wholly reflect the Society’s stance. They are simply deemed to be worth publishing for readers to consider, evaluate, respond to, etc. A careful effort is made to ensure that no article is published that promotes or defends any viewpoint that is contrary to, or might undermine or negate, our Society’s objectives.