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Who we are
The Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy (ACSWP) is a servant of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). We develop, interpret and monitor policies that encourage and challenge the Church and society to reflect and act in faithful response to God's call to do justice.
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Fellow Presbyterians:
Some of the best reading I did this past summer was of old issues of Church and Society magazine. I had never known of the Presbyterian publication until recently when I began categorizing issues dating back to the early 1970s. I was disappointed to discover in my discussions with fellow members that few within the denomination had access to this journal. Church & Society, “C&S” was actually 98 years old and had existed in several formats. For this college student, reading about the history of the Presbyterian Church’s involvement in social justice was very enlightening. It is for this reason that I want to share this publication with others so that they too can learn more about our socially active church. Read the rest of this letter from Erica Arave, ACSWP's 2008 Summer Assistant.
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Lift Every Voice: Democracy, Voting Rights, and Electoral Reform
This report recommends ways to strengthen democratic — small d — promise and practice in the political life of the United States based on principles of Reformed Christianity. Presbyterian political scientists, ethicists and others studied why so many Americans do not vote, despite the 2007 renewal of Voting Rights Act protections against racial discrimination. Remedies include voting machine paper trails, non-partisan election commissions, re-enfranchising former felons, D.C. voting rights, weekend and instant-run-off voting and innovative structural improvements.
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Also read Christian Iosso's October 2008 article in The Presbyterian Outlook, "The General Assembly and the general election."
A Memorandum on Social Witness at the 218th General Assembly
This is one of periodic memos sent on behalf of the Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy and follows most directly the memo of April 2008, “Prophetic Choices before the 218th General Assembly.” That memo outlined the ten actions that the Advisory Committee was bringing before the General Assembly. This memo is designed to update you on this part of the Assembly’s work and touch on other matters of importance to those concerned with social justice work in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). [Keep reading] |
