Presbyterian Mission Agency Advisory Committee for Social Witness Policy Archives

Seeing Scripture from a Pride perspective

Posted June 10th, 2021

As a queer woman, Brooke Scott has an affirming view of who God is.

Got questions? A new PC(USA) podcast has answers

Posted March 9th, 2021

Simon Doong enjoys podcasts. The project manager in the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program listens to a variety of pods addressing topics of interest such as fitness, sports and video games.

‘Just Talk Live’ devotes episode to teachers

Posted July 24th, 2020

Although education and the re-opening of schools are hot topics right now, teachers’ voices and opinions aren’t always lifted up.

Senate candidate joins call for progressive Christian voice in PC(USA) talk show

Posted July 8th, 2020

Tuesday evening on the PC(USA) web series “Just Talk Live,” Tennessee U.S. Senate candidate Robin Kimbrough Hayes recalled speaking at a town hall a few days earlier when she turned to the Bible and the passage in Ezekiel 37 about the Valley of Dry Bones.

‘Standing together in a world divided’

Posted January 22nd, 2020

The Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy (ACSWP) and World Mission organized a gathering with ecumenical representatives from around the world this past fall in Bangkok. The purpose was to have deeper conversations about worldwide crises such as climate, weakened democracy within nations and increasingly divisive practices among nations.

Unbound will unwrap a new look first day of Advent

Posted November 26th, 2019

Between the commercial observances of Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday, Unbound: An Interactive Journal of Christian Social Justice is giving its readers a gift for the first Sunday of Advent: a new look.

Nuclear disarmament — renewing hope, against all odds

Posted August 3rd, 2018

August 6 and 9, 1945, are the days that the United States Air Force dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, causing over 185,000 immediate and slower deaths in those Japanese cities. Ever since, most churches and many other religious and moral people have sought to prevent any further use of nuclear weapons. Remembering and mourning that initial devastation is part of the spiritual resistance of Christian obedience.

What the General Assembly may say about St. Louis

Posted June 12th, 2018

The city of St. Louis is the historic centerpiece of a highly accomplished cultural and economic region. At the same time, like most of the United States, it is divided along lines of race and class. How do Presbyterian congregations minister and do mission faithfully in light of these realities? What can our larger church learn from our sisters and brothers in St. Louis?

Making church campuses more accessible

Posted June 21st, 2017

Congregations wishing to make their facilities more accessible and inclusive of people living with disabilities have a new option for funding enhancements to their campuses: the Accessibility Loan from the Presbyterian Investment & Loan Program (PILP).

Managing editor hired for Christian social justice journal, Unbound

Posted May 26th, 2017

Unbound, the online social justice journal of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is getting a new editor. Henry Koenig Stone has been selected to helm the award-winning journal, sponsored by the Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy (ACSWP).