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Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy

Work Archives

  ACSWP visits United Nations, prepares GA reports at Stony Point Gathering first at the Church Center for the United Nations on Jan. 16, the Advisory Committee on Social Witness… Read more »

ACSWP Social Witness Policy by Topic

    Recent Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Social Witness Policy by Topic This list of ACSWP policies is organized by categories which link to subpages with policy descriptions and instructions for… Read more »

Social Creed for the 21st Century

  The 216th General Assembly (2006) asked the Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy (ACSWP) with the General Assembly Committee on Ecumenical Relations and the Department of Theology and Worship… Read more »

Newsletter Archives

  Salt and Light Newsletter Archive January 2016 April 2014 February 2014 December 2013 October 2013 Church and Society Back Issues Planning an adult education class? Curious what the church… Read more »

Current Work

Equipping Hands and Hearts for Ministries of Informed Engagement A Report from the Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy—Aug. 2023 We—individual Christians and churches—commit ourselves to a culture of peace… Read more »

History of ACSWP

  A Brief History of the Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy, 1936–2006 From Social Education and Action, through Church and Society, with elements from the Council on Theology and… Read more »

What We Do

  Five Types of Documents What is the process for developing a new social witness policy statement? How often and when does the Committee meet Respect for Documents and Stated… Read more »

Who We Are

Mission Statement The Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy (ACSWP) serves the prophetic calling of the whole Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) by providing the General Assembly with careful studies of pressing… Read more »