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Advocacy Committee for Women's Concerns
The Advocacy Committee for Women’s Concerns (ACWC) is called to its work in a world where women experience injustice and oppression because of their gender. As Presbyterians, we claim a communal faith in “God [who] liberated the people of Israel from oppression … [and] covenanted with Israel … that they might do justice” (Book of Order, G-3.010b.). The church is motivated by the painful recognition of sexism, and has explicitly articulated in the Articles of Agreement (Section 5.6) its commitment to work against gender-based discrimination. The Advocacy Committee for Women’s Concerns is the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s contemporary fulfillment of this historic commitment. Learn more about ACWC. |
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ACWC at the 218th General Assembly
Attention General Assembly Commissioners, Advisory Delegates and interested others
The Advocacy Committee for Women’s Concerns (ACWC) brings items of business to the Assembly that attend to gender justice and highlight the significance of issues facing women within the church and throughout the world. Members of the committee will attend the Assembly to support its work, and to serve as resource persons for business before the General Assembly (GA).
ACWC brings three resolutions to this year’s GA to:
Learn more about the ACWC at GA218. |
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Stay informed
When you sign up for our email list, you can anticipate quarterly updates about work addressed during ACWC meetings and other updates of special concern. Subscribe! |
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Highlights of ACWC January Meeting
The Advocacy Committee for Women’s Concerns met at the Presbyterian Center in Louisville, Ky., January 24-26, 2008. ACWC had a full agenda, as this was the committee’s final meeting before the 218th General Assembly to be held in San Jose, California, this summer. Read more. |
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 Get involved — read with us
The Advocacy Committee for Women’s Concerns invites you to, “… add to your faith, goodness; and to goodness, knowledge” ( 2 Peter 1:5). Effective advocacy requires an accurate awareness of the facts involved and a firm grasp of the complex dynamics of an issue. ACWC encourages us all to increase our understanding of women’s concerns and then work to have our faithful voices heard. You can begin with reading a book.
We're reading Proverbs of Ashes Violence, Redemptive Suffering, and the Search for What Saves Us, by Rita Nakashema Brock and Rebecca Ann Parker. Read a review by the Rev. Terry Alexander. |
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