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Description:Teresa delivers anti-abortion speech. Recorded at the Sheraton Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri, June 7, 1988, in connection with the 200th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).Creator:Teresa, Mother, Saint, 1910-1997., Presbyterians Pro-Life Research, Education, and Care, Inc., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (200th : 1988 : Saint Louis, Mo.)Topics:Abortion--Religious aspects.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286241
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Description:Oral history, 2022, on growing up in Urmia and Golpashan, the genocide of Assyrians during the First World War, the transfer of mission schools to government control after 1934, her mother Lillie's career as a teacher, and her father Mishael's work as a Presbyterian pastor in Urmia and at Gaston Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.). Eden Naby is an Assyrian-Iranian cultural historian of Central Asia and the Middle East. She was born in the Assyrian village of Golpashan, located outside Urmia in Iran. She has conducted research, taught and published on minority issues in countries from Turkey to Xinjiang. Her work on Afghanistan and on the Assyrians stands out in the field of cultural survival.Creator:Naby, Eden. (interviewee)Subject names:Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia MissionTopics:Missions--Iran--Urūmīyah., Missionaries--Iran--Urūmīyah., Assyrians--Iran--Urūmīyah--History--20th century., Assyrians--Crimes against--Iran--History.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286183
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Description:Annanda Barclay is an advocate for intersectional justice in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). She has worked for LGBTQIA+ rights and served as Co-Moderator of More Light Presbyterians, a board member of the Spahr Reconciliation Initiative, and has helped plan pastoral candidate retreats with Parity (formerly Presbyterian Welcome). Barclay graduated with her M.Div. from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary in 2014. She is currently working as a pastor at Mission Bay Community Church (San Francisco, CA) and as interim chaplain at the University of the Redlands, while pursuing a full-time career in chaplaincy.Creator:Barclay, Annanda. (interviewee), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer)Subject names:More Light Presbyterians., Presbyterian Welcome (Organization), Barclay, Annanda.Topics:Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays., Ordination of lesbians., African American Presbyterians., Presbyterian women.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286179
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Description:Raymond Bagnuolo was born in November of 1951 and grew up in a Roman Catholic family in the Bronx, New York. Ray spent seventeen years teaching K-12 in the Ossining Public Schools in Ossining, New York. In 1995, he was introduced to That All May Freely Serve and began attending South Presbyterian Church in Dobbs Ferry, New York. In 2005, he was ordained as Minister of Word and Sacrament in the PC(USA), as an openly gay man. Ray accepted a leadership role at That All May Freely Serve in 2013 and spent several years traveling the country and advocating for a fully inclusive church.Creator:Bagnuolo, Raymond. (interviewee), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer)Subject names:That All May Freely Serve (Association), Bagnuolo, Raymond., Spahr, Jane Adams.Topics:Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Ordination of lesbians., Ordination of gays.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286178
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Description:Michael Adee was a member and ordained Elder of Mt. Auburn Presbyterian Church (Cincinnati, Ohio). He also served as the first Field Organizer (later called Executive Director) for More Light Presbyterians from 1999 to 2013.Creator:Adee, Michael. (interviewee), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer)Subject names:More Light Presbyterians., That All May Freely Serve (Association), Spahr, Jane Adams., Adee, Michael.Topics:Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays., Ordination of lesbians.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286177
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Description:Peter Oddleifson was an elder at Third Presbyterian Church (Rochester, NY), an attorney who contributed to the national LGBTQ movement for equal ordination rights in the PC(USA), and an early member of That All May Freely Serve (TAMFS). TAMFS began in 1993 after Rev. Jane Adams Spahr, a lesbian minister, was banned by the Permanent Judicial Commission from accepting a call to serve as a pastor of Downtown United Presbyterian Church (Rochester, NY). Downtown Church formed TAMFS ministry in response, electing Spahr to serve as a "lesbian evangelist" to the PC(USA), and advocating for the full inclusion of LGBTQIA+ Presbyterians.Creator:Oddleifson, Peter. (interviewee), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer)Subject names:That All May Freely Serve (Association), Spahr, Jane Adams., Oddleifson, Peter.Topics:Ordination of gays., Ordination of lesbians.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:285211
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Title:Description:Friday worship, August 4, 2000, Carter Heyward preaching.Creator:Covenant Network of Presbyterians., Heyward, Carter. (speaker)Topics:Homosexuality--Religious Aspects--Presbyterian Church--20th century., Gay clergy--United States--Presbyterian Church--20th century., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church--20th century., Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church--20th century.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:284879
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Description:Bertram Johnson became the first openly gay African American to be ordained as a pastor in the PC(USA) in 2014. He grew up Baptist, attended Mt. Baker Park Presbyterian Church (Seattle, Washington), and was ordained at Madrona Grace Presbyterian Church (Seattle, Washington) as a Teaching Elder in 2014.Creator:Johnson, Bertram. (interviewee), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer), Prescott, Sonia. (interviewer)Subject names:Madrona Grace Presbyterian Church (Seattle, Wash.), Presbyterian Welcome (Organization), Johnson, Bertram.Topics:Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays., Ordination of lesbians., African American Presbyterians.Geographic subjects:Seattle (Wash.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:281973
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Description:Address delivered at Women's Breakfast, 198th General Assembly, Minneapolis, Minn., June 15, 1986.Creator:Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Communications Unit, United Presbyterian Women, Weir, Carol, 1924-2010 (speaker)Topics:Distributive justice, Peace-buildingGeographic subjects:Lebanon--HistoryURL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:281926
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Description:Video lecture delivered for New York Theological Seminary, 30 March 1988.Creator:Wilmore, Gayraud S. (Gayraud Stephen), 1921-2020. (speaker)Subject names:New York Theological Seminary., Turner, Henry McNeal, 1834-1915.Topics:African American Presbyterians.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280761
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Description:Rev. Oscar Sueing preaching.Creator:Liberation Community Presbyterian Church (Memphis, Tenn.) (creator)Subject names:Sueing, Oscar., Liberation Community Presbyterian Church (Memphis, Tenn.)Topics:Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:182032
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Description:Rev. Oscar Sueing preaching.Creator:Liberation Community Presbyterian Church (Memphis, Tenn.) (creator)Subject names:Sueing, Oscar, Liberation Community Presbyterian Church (Memphis, Tenn.)Topics:Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:182031
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Creator:WLS-TV (Television station : Chicago, Ill.) (creator)Subject names:Hope Presbyterian Church (Wheaton, Ill.)Topics:Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.Geographic subjects:Wheaton (Ill.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181727
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Description:"The Fierce Urgency of Now," by Rev. Mark Sandlin.Creator:Covenant Presbyterian Church (Greensboro, N.C.) (creator), Sandlin, Mark. (speaker)Subject names:Covenant Presbyterian Church (Greensboro, N.C.)Topics:Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.Geographic subjects:Greensboro (N.C.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181726
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Description:"Peace, Peace, Where There Is No Peace," by Rev. Rodney Sadler Jr.Creator:Memorial Presbyterian Church (Charlotte, N.C.) (creator), Sadler, Rodney, Jr. (speaker)Subject names:Memorial Presbyterian Church (Charlotte, N.C.)Topics:Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.Geographic subjects:Charlotte (N.C.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181725
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Creator:Cedar Park Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Pentecost worship, 2020 (creator)Subject names:Cedar Park Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Pentecost worship, 2020Topics:Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.Geographic subjects:Philadelphia (Pa.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181724
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Description:On the church's Black Lives Matter banner and discussions with the San Francisco Police Department.Creator:Calvary Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.) (creator)Subject names:Calvary Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.)Topics:Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.Geographic subjects:San Francisco (Calif.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181723
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Description:Worship in wake of Philadelphia police murder of Walter Wallace Jr.Creator:Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (creator)Subject names:Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)Topics:Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.Geographic subjects:Philadelphia (Pa.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181722