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Description:Text transcribed from caption: Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church Washington, D.C. 1993Subject names:Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church (Washington, D.C.)Topics:Church buildings--Washington (D.C.).Geographic subjects:Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345463
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: Fifteenth St. Presbyterian Church Washington, D.C. Hist. FoundationSubject names:Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church (Washington, D.C.)Topics:Church buildings--Washington (D.C.).Geographic subjects:Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345462
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: Berean PC, Philadelphia, Pa.Subject names:Berean Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)Topics:Church buildings--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.Geographic subjects:Philadelphia (Pa.), Philadelphia (Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345461
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Description:Reverend Holly Clark-Porter and Reverend KC Clark-Porter discuss growing up in Texas; attendance of Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary; their joint ordination service at First & Central Presbyterian Church in Wilmington, Delaware (Newcastle Presbytery); the pastoral capacities in which they've served the Church; and the barriers they faced during their ordinations and ministerial work. They reflect on the fight for marriage and ordination rights of LGBTQIA+ Presbyterians within the Church. Additionally, KC reflects on coming out as trans and life as a transgender man.Creator:Clark-Porter, Holly. (interviewee), Clark-Porter, KC. (interviewee), Shilstut, Natalie. (interviewer)Subject names:Clark-Porter, Holly., Clark-Porter, KC., Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary., Presbyterian Welcome (Organization), First & Central Presbyterian Church (Wilmington, Del.)Topics:Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Homophobia., Same-sex marriage--Religious aspects--Presbyterians., Transgender men.Geographic subjects:El Paso (Tex.), Wilmington (Del.), Fredonia (N.Y.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345294
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Description:Program for the Installation Service for Rev. J. Oscar McCloud at Davie Street Presbyterian Church in Raleigh, North Carolina.Creator:Davie Street Presbyterian Church (Raleigh, N.C.) (creator)Subject names:Davie Street Presbyterian Church (Raleigh, N.C.), McCloud, J. Oscar (James Oscar), 1936-Topics:Installation (Clergy), African American clergy--North Carolina--Raleigh., African American Presbyterians--North Carolina--Raleigh.Geographic subjects:Raleigh (N.C.), Raleigh (N.C.)--Church history.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345289
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Description:Program for the Installation Service for Rev. William Gillespie at Davie Street Presbyterian Church in Raleigh, North Carolina.Creator:Davie Street Presbyterian Church (Raleigh, N.C.) (creator)Subject names:Davie Street Presbyterian Church (Raleigh, N.C.), Gillespie, William.Topics:Installation (Clergy), African American clergy--North Carolina--Raleigh., African American Presbyterians--North Carolina--Raleigh.Geographic subjects:Raleigh (N.C.), Raleigh (N.C.)--Church history.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345284
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Description:Program for the Installation Service for Rev. James Walter Brown at Davie Street United Presbyterian Church in Raleigh, North Carolina.Creator:Davie Street United Presbyterian Church (Raleigh, N.C.) (creator)Subject names:Davie Street United Presbyterian Church (Raleigh, N.C.), Brown, James W.Topics:Installation (Clergy), African American clergy--North Carolina--Raleigh., African American Presbyterians--North Carolina--Raleigh.Geographic subjects:Raleigh (N.C.), Raleigh (N.C.)--Church history.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345279
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Creator:Howard Studios. (photographer)Subject names:St. Albans Presbyterian Church (Queens, New York, N.Y.)Topics:African American Presbyterians--New York--New York., Confirmation--New York--New York.Geographic subjects:Queens (New York, N.Y.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345278
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Description:Confirmation class: William Sylvester Taylor, Jr., Ellyn Ruth Duncan, Augustus Duncan, Jr., Paul Edward Jennings, Neil Alfred Austin, Caryl Denise King, Armanda Katherine Harper, Yvonne Marie Harper, Deborah Carol Howlett, Janine Eva Denegall, John Palmer Denegall, Lynn Marie Franklin, Veronica Evytte Rose, Karen Denise Robinson.Creator:Howard Studios. (photographer)Subject names:St. Albans Presbyterian Church (Queens, New York, N.Y.)Topics:African American Presbyterians--New York--New York., Confirmation--New York--New York.Geographic subjects:Queens (New York, N.Y.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345277
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: Class of 1970 Karen Beazer, Susan Brooks, Arnold Cooper, Gregoriann Daly, Robin Ellis, Maxine Frazier, Bernice Hargrove, Jacqueline Hunter, David Jennings, Constance Jones, Frederick Mays, Jeffrey Mays, Edward Wade, Martin Wilson, Jeffrey Cokley, Wayne DeLeston, Joanne Evans, Roger King, Byron WadeCreator:Howard Studios. (photographer)Subject names:St. Albans Presbyterian Church (Queens, New York, N.Y.)Topics:African American Presbyterians--New York--New York., Confirmation--New York--New York.Geographic subjects:Queens (New York, N.Y.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345276
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: 1961-Communicants Class Rev. Donald P. Scott Top Row - Left to right - Jerry Stroud, Wallace A. Wiegart, Robert C. Plows, Richard T. Durant, John A. DeSesa, Terence L. McNeil. Center Row - Left to right - Pamela L. Chandler, Diane Avernian, Marcia J. Brookins, Suzanna M. Baker Martin. First Row - Left to right - Nancy G. Eisenhardt, Angela Johnson, Diane Avernian, Nancy J. Underhill.Subject names:Hollis Presbyterian Church (Queens, New York, N.Y.), Scott, Donald P., Rev.Topics:Religious education--New York--New York., First communion--Presbyterians.Geographic subjects:Queens (New York, N.Y.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345273
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Description:Cassette tape 3, side 1 of an interview recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from March 11 to 12, 1988. Dean Lewis discusses social pronouncements of the General Assembly and Presbyterians' history of supporting education. Part of a 5 cassette tape set.Creator:Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021. (interviewee), Brackenridge, R. Douglas. (interviewer)Subject names:Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly.Topics:Church and the world., Social policy., Church polity.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345268
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Description:Cassette tape 2, side 2 of an interview recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from March 11 to 12, 1988. Dean Lewis discusses the work of the Advisory Council on Church and Society, including the creation of task forces. Lewis also discusses commissioners' resolutions at general assemblies, the General Assembly Mission Council, and other aspects of church polity. Part of a 5 cassette tape set.Creator:Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021. (interviewee), Brackenridge, R. Douglas. (interviewer)Subject names:United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Advisory Council on Church and Society., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education. Department of Church and Society., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly Mission Council.Topics:Church and the world., Social policy., Church polity.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345267
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Description:Interview questions generated by Nick Skaggs and answered through typewritten responses by Gary Demarest (July 2022-August 2023). Rev. Dr. Gary Demarest was born on January 16, 1926 to Garrett and Viola Rusthoi Demarest. He was raised in California and as a Baptist. He attended Fuller Theological Seminary (Pasadena, California) and graduated in 1950. He was ordained in the Presbytery of Seattle in 1952. Demarest served the Church in several pastoral capacities, and he was also the Director of Evangelism for the General Assembly from 1988 to 1993. He co-chaired the Theological Task Force on Peace, Unity, and Purity of the Church. Interview covers Demarest's early life as a Baptist; attendance of Fuller Theological Seminary; ordination in Seattle Presbytery; work with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes; appointment as Director of Evangelism for the General Assembly; and co-chairing the Theological Task Force on Peace, Unity, and Purity of the Church.Creator:Demarest, Gary W. (interviewee), Skaggs, Nicholas A. (interviewer)Subject names:Fellowship of Christian Athletes., Fuller Theological Seminary., Presbyterian Church (La Canada, Calif.), Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Evangelism and Church Development., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbytery of Western New York., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Theological Task Force on Peace, Unity, and Purity of the Church., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Task Force on Central America., University Presbyterian Church (Seattle, Wash.), Demarest, Gary W.Topics:Presbyterian Church--Clergy.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344686