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History of Presbyterian and Reformed church governance, congregations, ministers, and theology. See the following related collections: Presbyterian General Assemblies; Church buildings; Protestant Reformation; and Sermons. Featured image: Synod of Catawba clergy and lay commissioners.

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Title:
Edwin Bethea oral history part 2, 2023.
Description:
Interview (part two) conducted by Sonia Prescott with Edwin Ayres Bethea and Wendell Charles Love on July 3, 2023. Edwin was born in Birmingham, Alabama on May 15, 1931 to Monroe Ayres Bethea and Marzetta Pressley Bethea. Edwin spent his early childhood years with his grandparents and other paternal family members in Millers Ferry, Wilcox County, Alabama. Calvin B. Bethea (born 1863) and Annie McArthur Bethea (born 1868), Edwin’s paternal grandparents, were sharecroppers on the properties of Judge William Henderson in Millers Ferry. Edwin was educated in one of the six mission schools in Wilcox County supported by the Freedman’s Bureau and the United Presbyterian Church of North America. As his parents had been before him, Edwin was a student at the Millers Ferry Normal and Industrial School. In the interviews, Edwin provides a firsthand account of the Black Presbyterian experience in Wilcox County.
Creator:
Bethea, Edwin, 1931-2023. (interviewee), Prescott, Sonia. (interviewer), Love, Wendell C. (contributor)
Subject names:
Bethea, Edwin, 1931-2023., National Black Presbyterians United.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359657
Title:
Edwin Bethea oral history part 1, 2023.
Description:
Interview (part one) conducted by Sonia Prescott with Edwin Ayres Bethea and Wendell Charles Love on July 3, 2023. Edwin was born in Birmingham, Alabama on May 15, 1931 to Monroe Ayres Bethea and Marzetta Pressley Bethea. Edwin spent his early childhood years with his grandparents and other paternal family members in Millers Ferry, Wilcox County, Alabama. Calvin B. Bethea (born 1863) and Annie McArthur Bethea (born 1868), Edwin’s paternal grandparents, were sharecroppers on the properties of Judge William Henderson in Millers Ferry. Edwin was educated in one of the six mission schools in Wilcox County supported by the Freedman’s Bureau and the United Presbyterian Church of North America. As his parents had been before him, Edwin was a student at the Millers Ferry Normal and Industrial School. In the interviews, Edwin provides a firsthand account of the Black Presbyterian experience in Wilcox County.
Creator:
Bethea, Edwin, 1931-2023. (interviewee), Prescott, Sonia. (interviewer), Love, Wendell C. (contributor)
Subject names:
Bethea, Edwin, 1931-2023., National Black Presbyterians United.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359656
Title:
Conversations with Metz Rollins and Will Campbell, Tape 1, Part 1.
Description:
Metz Rollins speaking about the civil rights movement at Ghost Ranch (Abiquiú, New Mexico) on July 19, 1983. Rollins speaks about the history of the civil rights movement in the United States, his time in Tallahassee, Florida (including his arrest for aiding Florida A&M University students in the Tallahassee city bus boycott), his time in Nashville, Tennessee (including his participation in the Nashville sit-ins), and the Freedom Rides organized by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). Part 1 of 12.
Creator:
Rollins, J. Metz (Joseph Metz), 1926- (speaker)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society--Archives., Rollins, J. Metz (Joseph Metz), 1926-
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights workers--United States., African American clergy., African American Presbyterians., Civil rights demonstrations.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344307
Title:
Statement of Resignation to the General Assembly Mission Council of the United Presbyterian Church, USA by the Reverend Leon E. Fanniel, Executive Director.
Creator:
Fanniel, Leon, 1930-2018. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society--Archives., Fanniel, Leon, 1930-2018., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly Mission Council.
Topics:
Church and the world., African American Presbyterians., African American clergy.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344287
Title:
Warren Julius Nelson.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Warren Julius Nelson -- Pastor/Church Administrator (1884-1962)
Subject names:
Nelson, Warren Julius., Nelson, Warren Julius--Portraits.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American clergy.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344033
Title:
The Installation of The Reverend James Hutton Costen, Pastor, The Church of the Master, United Presbyterian Church, U.S.A.
Description:
Program for installation service event on February 27, 1966.
Creator:
Church of the Master Presbyterian (Atlanta, Ga.) (creator)
Subject names:
Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023--Archives., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003--Archives., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003., Church of the Master Presbyterian (Atlanta, Ga.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American leadership., African American clergy.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:300386
Title:
Black Perspectives on Union with the Presbyterian Church, U.S.
Description:
Written by James H. Costen, January 1972.
Creator:
Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003. (author)
Subject names:
Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023--Archives., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003--Archives., Presbyterian Church of the United States., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., Christian union.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:300366
Title:
Annanda Barclay oral history, 2021.
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
Title:
Bertram Johnson oral history, 2019.
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
Title:
Lawrence Bottoms.
Subject names:
Bottoms, Lawrence--Portraits., Bottoms, Lawrence.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American clergy., Presbyterian Church--Clergy.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:281789
Title:
Fairfield-McClelland Presbytery and Women's Work
Description:
June 1998 revised edition compiled by Thelma M. Harrison.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbytery of Fairfield-McClelland. (creator), Harrison, Thelma M. (compiler)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbytery of Fairfield-McClelland--History.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., Presbyterian women., Women in church work.
Geographic subjects:
South Carolina--Church history.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179572
Title:
A Historical Overview of Fairfield-McClelland Presbytery and the Presbyterial Women's Involvement, 1872-1984.
Description:
Includes historical sketches of local churches within the bounds of the Presbytery.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Fairfield-McClelland. Presbyterial. (creator), Harrison, Thelma M. (compiler)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Fairfield-McClelland--History.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., Presbyterian women., Women in church work.
Geographic subjects:
South Carolina--Church history.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179469
Title:
History of Fairfield Presbytery, 1868-1888.
Description:
A history of the presbytery from its founding to 1888.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Fairfield. (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Fairfield--History.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians.
Geographic subjects:
South Carolina--Church history.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179444
Title:
Ashley DeTar-Birt oral history, 2019.
Description:
In 2018, Rev. Ashley DeTar-Birt, an out bisexual woman, was ordained in the PC(USA). She was ordained by Rutgers Presbyterian Church in New York as the Pastoral Fellow for Youth and Families. Ashley DeTar-Birt holds a Masters of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary. She currently serves on the board of More Light Presbyterians and is an advocate for youth ministry and social justice.
Creator:
DeTar-Birt, Ashley. (interviewee), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer), Prescott, Sonia. (interviewer)
Subject names:
More Light Presbyterians., Presbyterian Welcome (Organization), DeTar-Birt, Ashley.
Topics:
Bisexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Social justice--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., African American Presbyterians., Presbyterian women., Ordination of gays., Ordination of lesbians.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:166800
Title:
Eric Thomas oral history, 2019.
Description:
Eric Thomas graduated from the Interdenominational Theological Center and is currently completing a PhD in New Testament and Early Christianity at Drew University, focusing on a queer of color biblical criticism. He was ordained in 2017 in the PC(USA). Eric is the Interim Pastor of Siloam Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York) and also serves on the board of More Light Presbyterians.
Creator:
Thomas, Eric. (interviewee), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer), Prescott, Sonia. (interviewer)
Subject names:
More Light Presbyterians., Presbyterian Welcome (Organization), Thomas, Eric.
Topics:
Queer theology., Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., African American Presbyterians., Ordination of gays., Ordination of lesbians.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:154093
Title:
Leon Fanniel interviewed by Beth Shalom Hessel, 2017.
Description:
Leon Fanniel, Presbyterian musician, administrator, and minister, was born in 1930 in Kansas City, Mo., and graduated from Huston-Tillotson College (Austin, Tex.), George Williams College (Chicago, Ill.), and McCormick Theological Seminary. He was ordained by the Presbytery of Chicago in 1969. Fanniel was executive of the Synod of Southern California and Hawaii in 1971-1972, and became the first executive director of the General Assembly Mission Council, serving from 1972 to 1975. Fanniel served as pastor of St. Paul's Presbyterian Church (Los Angeles, Calif.) from 1975 to 1996. He died December 20, 2018 in Pasadena, California.
Creator:
Fanniel, Leon, 1930-2018. (interviewee), Hessel, Beth Shalom. (interviewer)
Subject names:
National Black Presbyterian Caucus.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:149653
Title:
Black Manifesto Leadership at 181st General Assembly, 1969.
Description:
Spokesmen for black- and brown-power organizations outline their positions at press conference following Assembly session. From left: Obed Lopez, of the Latin American Defense Organization; Eliezer Risco, of La Raza; James Forman, of the National Black Economic Development Conference; the Rev. Gayraud S. Wilmore, chairman of the Presbyterian Division of Church and Race; the Rev. J. Metz Rollins, of the National Committee of Black Churchmen; the Rev. Willis C. Tabor, of Black Presbyterians United; and the Rev. Frank H. Heinze, of the Presbyterian Office of Information. (From Presbyterian Life, June 15, 1969, p. 8, "Challenge and response" article.)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (181st : 1969 : San Antonio, Texas), Lopez, Obed., Risco, Eliezer., Forman, James, 1928-2005., Wilmore, Gayraud S., Rollins, J. Metz (Joseph Metz), 1926-, Tabor, Willis C., Heinze, Frank H., Latin American Defense Organization (Chicago, Ill.), National Black Economic Development Conference (1969 : Detroit, Mich.), National Black Presbyterians United.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
San Antonio (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:139009
Title:
Katie Cannon interviewed by Alice Brasfield, December 7, 1987.
Description:
Dr. Katie Cannon is the first ordained African American woman Presbyterian minister and a founding voice of Womanist theology.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G. (interviewee), Brasfield, Alice, 1931- (interviewer)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G.
Topics:
Womanist theology., African American Presbyterians., African American women clergy., Women in the Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116524
Title:
Katie Cannon interviewed by Alice Brasfield, December 7, 1987, side 1.
Description:
Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon is the first ordained African American woman Presbyterian minister and a founding voice of Womanist theology.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G. (interviewee), Brasfield, Alice, 1931- (interviewer)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., Women in the Presbyterian Church., Womanist theology., Presbyterian women--United States., African American women clergy., African American intellectuals.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116466
Title:
Katie Cannon interviewed by Alice Brasfield, December 7, 1987, side 2.
Description:
Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon is the first ordained African American woman Presbyterian minister and a founding voice of Womanist theology.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G. (interviewee), Brasfield, Alice, 1931- (interviewer)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., Women in the Presbyterian Church., Womanist theology., Presbyterian women--United States., African American women clergy.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116459

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