Presbyterian Mission Agency advisory committee on social witness policy Archives

Dr. Nahida Halaby Gordon, who served for years on ACSWP and the Israel/Palestine Mission Network, dies at 84

Posted July 18th, 2024

Dr. Nahida Halaby Gordon, 84, of Wooster, Ohio, died on June 21, according to her obituary.

Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy holds a webinar on selected items of business coming before GA226

Posted June 18th, 2024

Earlier this month, members and staff of the Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy held an informative webinar on General Assembly items of business in which ACSWP is involved. Watch the 52-minute webinar here.

Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy provides new mental health guide

Posted June 5th, 2024

One thing that the 20th-wealthiest county in the United States — a south-central Texas community — and a Boston neighborhood, Roxbury, which is riddled with violence and underemployment and is also the home of the R&B music group New Edition, have in common: both are touched by the epidemic of mental illness.

Presbyterian ethicist and eco-justice advocate the Rev. Dr. Dieter T. Hessel dies at 87

Posted October 18th, 2023

The Rev. Dr. Dieter T. Hessel, a Presbyterian minister, educator, author, and leading religious advocate in the global ecological justice movement, died Sept. 22 at the age of 87 at his home in Cape Elizabeth, Maine.

The Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy leans into the prophetic calling of the whole PC(USA)

Posted May 18th, 2023

Are you eager to advocate and lean into the Great Ends of the Church, yet not quite sure where to find the theological, ethical, and Reformed resources for such advocacy? Are you concerned by how some groups use the Bible as tool of rhetoric, yet not sure where to turn for rich biblical reflection on current issues? The Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy (ACSWP) serves the prophetic calling of the whole Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) by providing the General Assembly with careful studies of pressing moral challenges, media for discussion and discernment of Christian responsibilities, and policy recommendations for faithful action.

Presbyterian Committee on Mission Responsibility Through Investment adopts its Mission Work Plan

Posted October 21st, 2022

The Presbyterian Committee on Mission Responsibility Through Investment foreshadowed its next proxy season Thursday by discussing and approving a new 2022-23 Mission Work Plan.

Reimagining Jesus as an Ivy League track and cross-country coach

Posted August 5th, 2022

If Jesus coached women’s track and cross country at an Ivy League university, what would that look like?

‘GA, Creation Care and You’

Posted July 22nd, 2022

Nearly 90 people tuned in to a Presbyterians for Earth Care webinar Thursday for a look back at what commissioners and advisory delegates to the 225th General Assembly did to care for God’s Creation.

Compassion, Peace & Justice Training focuses on Presbyterian ministries

Posted April 20th, 2022

For its third virtual edition, Compassion, Peace & Justice Training turned its attention squarely on the Compassion, Peace & Justice (CPJ) ministries of the Presbyterian Mission Agency and the work they do on behalf of human and civil rights.

Exploring the tensions between faith and security

Posted February 8th, 2022

The Presbyterian Mission Agency’s Militarism Working Group has scheduled a 90-minute webinar on Gun Violence & Militarism beginning at noon Eastern Time on Feb. 22.