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Acronyms - Unraveling the Alphabet Soup

Acronyms are words formed combining the initial letters or parts of a series of words. Presbyterian Women (PW) as well as the Presbyterian Church (PC(USA)) have lots of acronyms that have developed over the years. Some are more familiar than others.

For clarity in speaking, use the words and not the initials whenever feasible. In written material, always use the words the first time the phrase is used followed by the acronym in parentheses. Here is a list of common ones for your reference. More are listed on page 11-1 in the PW Manual.

	CCT/PW - Churchwide Coordinating Team of Presbyterian Women
	CT - Coordinating Team
	CWU - Church Women United
	GA - General Assembly
	GAC - General Assembly Council
	JFW - Justice For Women
	LMPW - Lake Michigan Presbyterian Women
	NNPCW - National Network of Presbyterian College Women
	PC(USA) - Presbyterian Church (USA)
	PDS - Presbyterian Distribution Service
	PLM - Presbytery of Lake Michigan
	POD - Presbytery of Detroit
	PSV - Presbytery of Scioto Valley
	PW - Presbyterian Women
	PW/PSV - Presbyterian Women in the Presbytery of Scioto Valley
	PWC - Presbyterian Women in the Congregation
	PWP - Presbyterian Women in the Presbytery
	PWSOC - Presbyterian Women in the Synod of the Covenant

What is a Synod?

The Synod of the Covenant is one of 16 synods in the denomination. There are 11 presbyteries in our synod comprising of over 800 congregations (Michigan, Ohio and a few congregations in the northern Kentucky, southeastern Indiana and one in Wisconsin) .

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