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Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy (ACSWP)

 


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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 moral challenges, media for discussion and discernment of Christian responsibilities, and policy recommendations for faithful action.

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Resources

Afghanistan: A Time to Mend

This action of the 225th General Assembly (2022) is a report from the Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy (ACSWP) in the aftermath of the war in Afghanistan, our country’s longest war.  It includes a call for self-examination, confession and repentance and recommended actions to be taken by the General Assembly, national and local governments,… Read more »

Gun Violence: An action of the 225th General Assembly (2022)

This action of the 225th General Assembly (2022) in response to a report from the Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy (ACSWP) provides an update to the statistics included in the 2010 “Gun Violence, Gospel Value: Mobilizing in Response to God’s Call.”  It also provides new recommendations including the implementation of the PCUSA’s 10-year campaign,… Read more »

Resolution on Violence, Religion, and Terrorism (2004)

This report focuses on the role that religion plays in relationship to violence, most specifically the form of violence used to attack important centers and symbols of American power on September 11, 2001. It also examines actions that have been, or can be, mounted to counter such violence and the role religion plays in supporting… Read more »
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