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Outlines a study and implementation approach for congregations, presbyteries, synods, and the Peacemaking Program, including thanks to participants in the Peace Discernment process and encouragement to renew the Commitment to Peacemaking. Calls for sustained funding distribution and the development of interactive policy processes to support reconciliation, prevention of war, and education formation.","RISKING PEACE IN A VIOLENT WORLD: FIVE NEW PEACEMAKING AFFIRMATIONS\n[Note: This text is posted online at: \u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://www.pc-biz.org/\" \\l \"/committee/575/business\" \u0014https://www.pc-biz.org/#/committee/575/business\u0015 . The first two pages in bold type are policy; the rationale (with original wording of the affirmations) is advisory). A modified text is available as the study book, Five Risks Presbyterians Must Take For Peace (Louisville: Westminster/JohnKnox, 2017).]\nConvinced, despite years of war, that peacemaking is still the “believers’ calling,” drawing on the advisory votes and discussions of 34 presbyteries, and in fulfillment of the directions of the 219th,220th, and 221st General Assemblies, the Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy (ACSWP) recommends that the 222nd General Assembly (2016) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.):\n1.\tapprove the five affirmations below (at 10.) as guidance for new directions in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s peacemaking witness in congregations, presbyteries, synods, and the Peacemaking Program of the Presbyterian Mission Agency;\n2.\treceive the five-part explanatory rationale, Risking Peace in a Violent World, with its concise summary and supplemental resources, to be posted on-line in downloadable form for individual and group study, with accompanying interpretation and availability at reasonable cost of print versions, as individuals and groups may prefer;\n3.\tthank all those congregations and presbyteries that participated in the Peace Discernment process since its inception in 2010, including the Peacemaking and International Affairs Committees of the General Assemblies in 2012 and 2014. Those committees tested and strongly approved the discernment study material, which after full Assembly approval was sent out to the church and which, shaped by the responses received (from congregations in 2013 and presbyteries in 2015), became the basis of the current report;\n4.   commend the presbyteries, congregations, and individuals who have affirmed the “Commitment to Peacemaking” and faithfully supported the Peacemaking Offering for as long as 35 years, sustaining both the Peacemaking Program and countless creative congregational and presbytery practices and initiatives;\n5.    invite all presbyteries, congregations, and members to consider for themselves a new version of the “Commitment to Peacemaking” that includes the five affirmations from the Peace Discernment process (see 11 below), and encourage congregations in particular to organize forums to engage with the five affirmations (see the Church of Reconciliation website: http://www.churchrec.org/content.cfm?id=9037) as they discern their own peacemaking callings;\n6.   urge the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board to maintain a clear distribution of Peacemaking and Global Witness offering monies for peacemaking programmatic activities, including coordination with congregations engaged in peacemaking practices addressing matters such as gun violence, human rights and international law advocacy, moral injury and other veterans’ concerns, racial violence in law enforcement and criminal justice, nonviolent accompaniment of persons and groups in danger zones, truth and reconciliation initiatives, nuclear disarmament, economic conversion of industries dependent on war fighting and preparation, and sharing or creating resources and opportunities for education and formation of youth and adults based in Christian social teaching and General Assembly action;\n7.   direct the Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy to develop other interactive processes of policy development using the on-line journal Unbound (\u0013 HYPERLINK \"http://www.justiceUnbound.org\" \u0014www.justiceUnbound.org\u0015) as a platform for focused interaction with presbyteries and congregations, to consult with other denominations, to work with several presbyteries and synods in diverse regions to develop best methods and timelines for testing, receiving responses, and providing r","cbCaiaykIw4delUz","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiaykIw4delUz","docx",171067,48,"English","en",105,"# Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy\n## Approval, study posting, and resources\n## Support for commitments and peacemaking offerings\n## Guidance for peacebuilding programming and future processes","[{\"question\":\"What is the document asking the 222nd General Assembly to approve?\",\"answer\":\"It recommends approval of five peacemaking affirmations as guidance for the church’s peacemaking witness across congregations, presbyteries, synods, and the Peacemaking Program.\"},{\"question\":\"How will the five-part rationale be used for study?\",\"answer\":\"The five-part explanatory rationale is intended to be posted online in downloadable form for individual and group study, with accompanying interpretation and accessible print options.\"},{\"question\":\"What practical areas of peacemaking work does the document emphasize for church support?\",\"answer\":\"It highlights peacemaking programmatic activities tied to issues such as gun violence, human rights and international law advocacy, reconciliation initiatives, nuclear disarmament, and education/formation grounded in Christian social teaching.\"}]","Risking Peace In A Violent World - 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