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Interview of PC(USA) stated clerk J. Herbert Nelson II by Margaret Priest of the National Black Presbyterian Caucus, June 2023.
Creator:
Nelson, , J. Herbert II, 1959- (interviewee)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357740
Description:
Jermaine Ross-Allam of the PC(USA) Center for Repair of Historic Harms, interviewed by Margaret Priest of the National Black Presbyterian Caucus, May 29, 2023.
Creator:
Ross-Allam, Jermaine (interviewee), Priest, Margaret (interviewer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Center for the Repair of Historic Harms
Topics:
Racism--United States, Reparations for historical injustices, African American Presbyterians
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:354005
Description:
On racial justice in the PC(USA) since 1981. Wesley Woo is a Presbyterian minister, raised in San Francisco's Chinatown, ordained in 1972. From 1983 to 1991 he served as Associate for Asian Church Development, and Associate for Racial Justice Ministries. From 1992 to 2002 he worked for the Center for Community Change. He is a member of Christ United Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.).
Creator:
Woo, Wesley Stephen, 1945- (interviewee)
Topics:
Asian American Presbyterians, Chinese American Presbyterians, Racism--Religious aspects--Presbyterians
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353409
Creator:
Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003. (interviewee), Costen, James Hutten, 1955-2018. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Interdenominational Theological Center (Atlanta, Ga.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American Christian educators., African American clergy.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348016
Description:
Oral history, 28 November 2023, on the history of Third Presbyterian Church (St. Louis, Mo.), its property struggles with the Presbytery of Giddings-Lovejoy, and the eventual reparative actions undertaken by the presbytery in 2023.
Creator:
Portis, Cedric (interviewee), Staniunas, David (interviewer)
Subject names:
Third Presbyterian Church (St. Louis, Mo.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:347416
Description:
Memorial service for Melva Costen, Central Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.), Oscar McCloud presiding. Speakers include J. Herbert Nelson, Denise Anderson, Paul Roberts.
Creator:
Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023, Central Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.), Nelson, J. Herbert, II, 1959-, McCloud, J. Oscar (James Oscar), 1936-, Anderson, T. Denise
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American leadership., African American Christian educators.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345474
Description:
Dan Smith was a Presbyterian and Congregationalist minister, longtime pastor of West Hollywood United Church of Christ. He was born 2 February 1953 in Buffalo, N.Y., and educated at SUNY Fredonia and Princeton Theological Seminary. He was a conscientious objector during the American war in Vietnam. He was ordained in 1978 and spent six years installed at First Presbyterian Church (Geneva, N.Y.) before moving to Los Angeles. He took the pastorate of West Hollywood Presbyterian Church (Los Angeles, Calif.) in 1984, becoming the first openly gay minister installed in a PC(USA) congregation. During his tenure the congregation would spearhead AIDS ministry in West Hollywood, and build the Lazarus Project, dedicated to reconciling the church with its LGBTQ community. Smith retired in 2020. He died 12 June 2023.
Creator:
Smith, Daniel Edmund, 1953-2023. (dedicatee), West Hollywood United Church of Christ (Los Angeles, Calif.) (creator)
Subject names:
West Hollywood Presbyterian Church (Los Angeles, Calif.), Smith, Daniel Edmund, 1953-2023.
Topics:
LGBTQ+ Presbyterians., Gay clergy.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345470
Description:
Mary Jane Stickley oral history, 2 August 2023, on CROP support of agricultural education and animal husbandry at Jibrail, in Northern Lebanon, 1960-1961.
Creator:
Stickley, Mary Jane
Subject names:
Christian Rural Overseas Project
Topics:
Missions--Lebanon
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345458
Description:
Seminar by Melva Costen, likely around the publication of Costen's book, African American Christian Worship, 1993.
Creator:
Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023. (speaker)
Subject names:
Trinity Lutheran Seminary (Columbus, Ohio), Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023--Archives., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003--Archives., Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American public worship., Church music--African American churches.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345455
Description:
Seminar by Melva Costen, likely around the publication of Costen's book, African American Christian Worship, 1993.
Creator:
Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023. (speaker)
Subject names:
Trinity Lutheran Seminary (Columbus, Ohio), Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023--Archives., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003--Archives., Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American public worship., Church music--African American churches.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345454
Description:
Seminar by Melva Costen, likely around the publication of Costen's book, African American Christian Worship, 1993.
Creator:
Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023. (speaker)
Subject names:
Trinity Lutheran Seminary (Columbus, Ohio), Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023--Archives., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003--Archives., Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American public worship., Church music--African American churches.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345435
Description:
Seminar by Melva Costen, likely around the publication of Costen's book, African American Christian Worship, 1993.
Creator:
Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023. (speaker)
Subject names:
Trinity Lutheran Seminary (Columbus, Ohio), Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023--Archives., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003--Archives., Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American public worship., Church music--African American churches.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345434
Description:
Via North Avenue Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpCFaXaadLM
Creator:
Bethea, Edwin, 1931-
Subject names:
North Avenue Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345295
Description:
Oral history interview of Dick Lundy, 11 May 2022, on St. Luke Presbyterian Church (Wayzata, Minn.) accompaniment of Rene Hurtado, a refugee from El Salvador. Dick Lundy is a Presbyterian minister. From 1969 to 1980 he was pastor of McKinley Memorial Presbyterian Church (Champaign, Ill.). From 1980 to 1994 he was senior pastor of St. Luke Presbyterian Church (Wayzata, Minn.).
Creator:
Lundy, Richard A., 1932-
Topics:
Sanctuary movement, El Salvador--History--1979-1992
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344180
Description:
Oral history with Babs Miller, parish associate at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Austin, Tex.), on her career in ministry, including with Metropolitan Community Church (Austin, Tex.) during the AIDS crisis of the 1980s, and as an evangelist with That All May Freely Serve (TAMFS) in the 2000s. Babs Miller is a Presbyterian minister, ordained by Mission Presbytery in 2014. Born in Victoria, Texas in 1942, she attended the Presbyterian School for Christian Education (Richmond, Va.) in the 1960s, and worked as a Christian educator, a social worker, and a high school teacher in Texas. She went to Austin Theological Seminary from 1987 to 1990, came out as a lesbian, and began work with Metropolitan Community Church (Austin, Tex.). From about 2004 to 2012 she was an evangelist with That All May Freely Serve (TAMFS). She has served as parish associate at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Austin, Tex.) since 2014, and continues advocacy for GLBTQ+ rights, in particular protection of trans youth and their families threatened by Texas state law codifying trans health therapies as child abuse. Starting in 2015, Miller was part of the group at St. Andrew's, as part of the Austin Sanctuary Network, declaring public sanctuary for migrants, and helped a mother and child, Hilda and Ivan, seek asylum.
Creator:
Miller, Babs Ann, 1942- (interviewee), Staniunas, David. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Metropolitan Community Church (Austin, Tex.), That All May Freely Serve (Association), St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Austin, Tex.)
Topics:
Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterians., Sanctuary movement., Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterians., Church work with immigrants.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344175
Description:
Full segment of conference with presenter Dr. Byron Shafer.
Subject names:
More Light Presbyterians--Archives., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Program Agency., Shafer, Byron E. (Byron Esely), 1938-
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Homophobia--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Stony Point (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:314713
Description:
Full segment of conference with presenter Rev. Karen Ziegler.
Subject names:
More Light Presbyterians--Archives., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Program Agency., Ziegler, Karen.
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Homophobia--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Stony Point (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:314711
Description:
Full segment of conference with presenter Dr. George Edwards.
Subject names:
More Light Presbyterians--Archives., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Program Agency., Edwards, George R., 1920-
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Homophobia--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Stony Point (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:314710
Description:
Full segment of conference with presenter Robert Hawkins, Jr.
Subject names:
More Light Presbyterians--Archives., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Program Agency., Hawkins, Robert O.
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Homophobia--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Stony Point (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:314709
Description:
Full segment of conference with presenters Chris Glaser and Rev. Jane Adams Spahr.
Subject names:
More Light Presbyterians--Archives., Spahr, Jane Adams., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Program Agency., Glaser, Chris.
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Homophobia--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Stony Point (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:314708

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