Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy

The Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy (ACSWP) serves the prophetic calling of the whole Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) by providing its General Assembly with careful studies of pressing moral challenges, media for discussion and discernment of Christian responsibilities, and policy recommendations for faithful action.

The term “social witness policy” refers to the positions adopted by the General Assembly to express its stance on and guide response to issues in the public order, including their relation to the church’s own life and mission. These positions may take the form of policy statements, resolutions, study papers, or social involvement reports, as defined in the Manual of the General Assembly, Guidelines and Policies of the General Assembly, p. 55-58.

The Faces of ACSWP

	Beverly Brewster Minister Fairfax, CA		Jean Demmler Member Denver, CO
	Linda Eastwood Member Chicago IL		Rachael Eggebeen Member Tucson, AZ
	Kevin R. Johnson Minister Detroit, MI		Raymond Roberts (Co-Chair) Minister Richmond, VA
	Sylvia Thorson-Smith Member Tucson, AZ		Rob Trawick Member New City, NY
	Gloria Tuma Member Portland, OR		Steven Webb (Co-Chair) Member Reston, VA

Featured Resources

• World of Hurt, Word of Life: Renew­ing God’s Com­mu­nion in the Work of Eco­nomic Reconstruction
• Boy­cotts: Pol­icy Analy­sis and Criteria
• Peace Discernment Interim Report – “Encountering the Gospel of Peace Anew: An Invitation to Discernment and Witness”
• For Human Rights and Civic Free­dom: Move­ments for Demo­c­ra­tic Change in the Arab World
• Human Rights Update 2010
• Pres­by­ter­ian Church (U.S.A.) Gen­eral Assem­bly Res­o­lu­tion on Reproductive Health
• Israel-Palestine: For Human Values in the Absence of a Just Peace

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