acswp Archives

On Strengthening the Peacemaking Program

Posted November 4th, 2010

Lifting the example of Jesus as the model of our behavior and beliefs in love and peacemaking exemplified in Luke 6: 27–38 as our policy for Presbyterians now and in… Read more »

Loving Our Neighbors: Equity and Quality in Public Education (K–12)

Posted October 20th, 2010

This report, provided by the Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy, discusses the challenges to public education posed by growing economic divisions and new demographic realities in our society.

A Message from the Colloquium on the Accra and Belhar Confessions

Posted July 7th, 2010

A Message from the Colloquium on the Accra and Belhar ConfessionsStony Point, New York, USA, January 15-17, 2010 (Martin Luther King Day Weekend)

Social Creed Bulletin insert

Posted June 1st, 2010

Use this bulletin insert with the text of the Social Creed for the 21st Century the Sunday before Labor Day or on a day of your choosing.

Social Creed poster

Posted June 1st, 2010

Download a color poster with an overview of the Social Creed for the 21st Century.

Toward a New Social Awakening: The Role for a 21st Century “Social Creed of the Churches”

Posted June 1st, 2010

Background to Social Creed received for study by NCCC, Nov 9, 2006 The Social Creed of the Churches, endorsed in 1908 by the Federal Council of Churches, was their pledge… Read more »

The Power to Change – U.S. Energy Policy and Global Warming

Posted March 4th, 2010

This policy, approved by the 218th General Assembly (2008), is the first major update of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s energy policy in more than 27 years. This General Assembly policy… Read more »