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Gun Violence, Gospel Values: Mobilizing in Response to God’s Call

Posted July 8th, 2011

This report, approved by the 219th General Assembly (2010), challenges our society’s fatalism and numbness in accepting the highest gun death rates in the world, reviews past church positions and proposes a new “spiritual awakening” approach: a church-related, community-based strategy inspired by “Heeding God’s Call” in Philadelphia, with similar groups in Richmond, Virginia and central New Jersey. The report looks at our culture of violence-acceptance, with its undercurrents of fear and desperation.

Neither Poverty Nor Riches: Compensation, Equity, and the Unity of the Church

Posted July 8th, 2011

This report, approved by the 219th General Assembly (2010), responds to the assignment to “provide theological guidance to church and society with regard particularly to the impact of secular market… Read more »

Terrorism Perceptions and Reflections

Posted June 23rd, 2011

The May/June 1988 issue of Church & Society Magazine had as its title and theme, “Terrorism: Perceptions and Reflections.” Its Content Editor was Robert F. Smylie, Director of the United… Read more »

Resolution on Just Peacemaking and the Call for International Intervention for Humanitarian Rescue (1998)

Posted May 3rd, 2011

This resolution seeks to address the growing assumption and acceptance of the idea that conflicts in the post-cold war era involving either a major violation of basic human rights or… Read more »

A Theology of Compensation: A Study Paper

Posted March 31st, 2011

by Walter Brueggemann (Minutes, 195th General Assembly (1983), Part I; pp. 694-703

Human Rights Update 2010

Posted March 10th, 2011

Read the Human Rights Update 2010 developed by The Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy (ACSWP)of the General Assembly Mission Council.

Just Global Discipleship

Posted March 10th, 2011

This is a mission trip preparation guide for students and young adults, based on the PC(USA)’s call for “just globaization.”

Selected Social Witness Policies on Work as Vocation, Unions and Collective Bargaining

Posted March 3rd, 2011

From the Presbyterian Social Policy Compilation Employment, unemployment, labor relations, and the meaning of work are all subjects which have merited the attention of Presbyterian General Assemblies. Use this document… Read more »

Living Through Economic Crisis: The Church’s Witness in Troubled Times

Posted November 4th, 2010

This social involvement report, approved by the 219th General Assembly (2010), summarizes the wealth of moral resources we have available to draw upon in confronting the current economic crisis. It… Read more »

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 »