Pearl Rugless O'Meally and Mary Ludlow were on the nominating committee that called Janie Spahr to serve as pastor of Downtown United Presbyterian Church and early members 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.

Rugless O'Meally, Pearl. (interviewee)
Ludlow, Mary. (interviewee)
Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer)

2019
June 2019

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That All May Freely Serve (Association)
Downtown United Presbyterian Church (Rochester, N.Y.)
Rugless O'Meally, Pearl.
Ludlow, Mary.
Spahr, Jane Adams.

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)--Homosexuality--Religious aspects.
Ordination of lesbians.
Presbyterian women.

Rochester (N.Y.)
North and Central America--United States--New York--Monroe--Rochester

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