| Repository | Church of England Record Centre |
| Level | Fonds |
| Alt Ref No | MWC |
| Extent | 17 vols, 148 files |
| Title | Moral Welfare Council |
| Date | 1916-1981 |
| Description | 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 |
| Appraisal | Appraised on transfer from the records management system to the archives. |
| Accruals | No further accruals expected, as the Council was subsumed within the Board for Social Responsibility. |
| Language | English |
| AdminHistory | 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. |
| CustodialHistory | Records have been held by the Board for Social Responsibility, until transfer to the Church of England Record Centre in the 1990s. |
| Acquisition | Records acquired through the Board for Social Responsibility. |
| RelatedMaterial | For records of the successor body, see the archive of the Board for Social Responsibility, BSR/MWC. |
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| Code | Name | Dates |
| DS/UK/3687 | Church of England; Moral Welfare Council; 1939-1957 | 1939-1957 |