Preparing for the Business of the GA
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Advisory & Advocacy Committees: An Introduction
Advisory and advocacy committees have a special and honored relationship with the General Assembly. These groups often bring reports and overtures as well as provide “Advice and Counsel” memoranda to overtures from presbyteries, synods, and other entities. This series of videos are from the
- Advisory Committee of Social Witness Policy (ACSWP)
- Advocacy Committee of Women’s Concerns (ACWC)
- Racial Equity Advocacy Committee (REAC).
Other committees include the Advisory Committee on the Constitution (ACC), the Committee on Representation (COR), and the General Assembly Committee on Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations (GACEIR).-
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. -
The PC(USA) holds itself accountable to its commitments to actively work against sexism and for gender justice through the work of the Advocacy Committee for Women’s Concerns (ACWC). ACWC serves as a prophetic gender justice advocacy and monitoring body to and for the PC(USA).
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The Racial Equity Advocacy Committee maintains a strong prophetic witness to the church as an advocate for people of color, monitoring existing and emerging issues in the church and society as they impact our constituent communities. Issues include, but are not limited to, civil rights, racial justice, economic justice, public education, law enforcement, health care, employment, housing, immigration rights and environmental justice.
Preparing for the Business of the GA
Resources in this collection will orient you to how General Assembly committees will go about their work. You will be introduced to the support roles that will be available to assist you, begin reviewing the processes and rules that you will guide you, and learn about the technological tools you will use to review the work assigned to your committee.
