200th General Assembly (1988)

• called the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), at all levels and in all places, to become a community of openness and caring for persons with AIDS and their loved ones.
• urged the church to overcome attitudinal and behavioral barriers of race, social class, and sexual orientation that prevent acceptance and a positive ministry.
• called for presbyteries and congregations to use their resources to respond with support groups, counseling, grants, facilities for recreational activities and community organizations of persons with AIDS.
• supported AIDS prevention education throughout the community and church life.
• urged that necessary policies be adopted and enforced to protect the human and civil rights of persons infected with AIDS (including policies in the areas of employment, education, health insurance, medical care, housing and public accommodations).
• supported the rights of children infected with HIV to attend regular school so long as they were able and wished to do so.

204th General Assembly (1992)

• established a Presbyterian HIV/AIDS Awareness Day — preferably the second Sunday in October, and requested that middle-governing bodies (synods and presbyteries) and congregations observe this day
• instructed that whenever and wherever appropriate, persons who are HIV-infected or have AIDS be involved in all preparations to observe Presbyterian HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.

For more information on other church policies and actions related to AIDS, read To Meet Aids with Grace and Truth, adopted by the 200th General Assembly in 1986.