Moral Welfare Council

Minutes, correspondence, papers, periodicals and annual reports of the Church of England Moral Welfare Council. , Abbreviations used in this catalogue: , ABMW = Archbishops' Advisory Board for Moral Welfare, ABPRW = Archbishops' Advisory Board for Preventive and Rescue Work, MWC = Moral Welfare Council, WCL = White Cross League

General International Standard Archival Description (ISAD[G]), 2nd edition, 1999.

For records of the successor body, see the archive of the Board for Social Responsibility, BSR/MWC.

The Church of England Moral Welfare Council (MWC) was formed in 1938-1939, through the amalgamation of the Church of England Advisory Board for Moral Welfare, and the White Cross League; its first Council meeting was held on February 19th 1939. According to the revised constitution of 1939, the aim was to act as a central council of the Church for the 'co-ordination of thought and action in relation to the place of sex, marriage and the family in the Christian life'. The Council endeavoured to realise this aim by acting as a centre for collecting and circulating information on moral welfare, which encompassed producing its own publications; providing lecturers to visit camps and towns, universities and theological colleges; and to unify the work undertaken in dioceses. Examples of the subjects addressed by the Council are reflected in the 'Topics' series, MWC/T., In 1958 the MWC was brought under the supervision of the newly-created Board for Social Responsibility. It had not been part of the Church Assembly before, but held a more general advisory status. , For information on the predecessor bodies, see the 'AdminHistory' for ABMW.