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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:
Calvin Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357739
Title:
Calvin Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Subject names:
Calvin Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topics:
Church buildings--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American Presbyterian churches--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357738
Title:
Calvin Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Subject names:
Calvin Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topics:
Church buildings--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American Presbyterian churches--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.), Philadelphia (Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357737
Title:
Publishing with purpose
Description:
Written by Ward L. Kaiser with Arthur O.F. Bauer, former staff at Friendship Press.
Creator:
Kaiser, Ward L., 1923- (author), Bauer, Arthur O. F., 1925- (author)
Subject names:
Friendship Press, inc., Peters projection (Cartography)
Topics:
Publishers and publishing--United States--History--20th century., Publishers and publishing--Canada--History--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356189
Title:
Rev. Henry Sloane Coffin.
Subject names:
Coffin, Henry Sloane, 1877-1954., Coffin, Henry Sloane, 1877-1954--Portraits.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Clergy., Theologians--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356188
Title:
Freedom in the Presbyterian Pulpit
Description:
Sermon preached by Rev. Henry Sloane Coffin at Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church of New York City, November 16, 1924.
Creator:
Coffin, Henry Sloane, 1877-1954. (author)
Subject names:
Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church (New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
Freedom of religion--Sermons., Liberty of conscience--Sermons., Presbyterian Church--Doctrines., Sermons, American--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356170
Title:
Theological Reflections on the Death Penalty.
Description:
Written by John H. Leith for the PCUS General Assembly Mission Board, 1979. Featured as a chapter in "Pilgrimage of a Presbyterian: Collected Shorter Writings" (2001).
Creator:
Leith, John H. (author), Raynal, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1943- (editor)
Subject names:
Leith, John H., Presbyterian Church in the U.S. General Assembly Mission Board.
Topics:
Capital punishment--Religious aspects--Christianity., Church and social problems--Presbyterian Church., Theology--Study and teaching.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353885
Title:
Hebrews 12:3, on the afflictions of the Hebrews.
Description:
Sermon preached by Rev. David Youngs, Setauket, Brookhaven, New York, December 1749.
Creator:
Youngs, David. (author)
Subject names:
Setauket Presbyterian Church (Setauket, N.Y.)
Topics:
Sermons, American--18th century.
Geographic subjects:
Setauket (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353380
Title:
Luke 15:3, on forgiveness of sins.
Description:
Sermon preached by Rev. David Youngs, Setauket, Brookhaven, New York, October 1749.
Creator:
Youngs, David. (author)
Subject names:
Setauket Presbyterian Church (Setauket, N.Y.)
Topics:
Sermons, American--18th century.
Geographic subjects:
Setauket (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353367
Title:
Earth, Earth, Earth hear the word of the Lord.
Description:
Sermon preached by Rev. David Youngs, Setauket, Brookhaven, New York, November 1749.
Creator:
Youngs, David. (author)
Subject names:
Setauket Presbyterian Church (Setauket, N.Y.)
Topics:
Sermons, American--18th century.
Geographic subjects:
Setauket (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353356
Title:
Iglesia Segunda Presbiteriana (Santa Fe, N.M.) session records, 1893-1911.
Description:
Iglesia Segunda Presbiteriana (Santa Fe, N.M.) session records, 1893-1911; with church school records, 1900-1903; including list of members. Organized 1893 as the Spanish Mission of First Presbyterian Church (Santa Fe, N.M.). Reported 1894 by the Presbytery of Santa Fe. Also reported as Spanish Presbyterian Church. Changed name to Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1950. Anglophone worship after 1966.
Creator:
Iglesia Segunda Presbiteriana (Santa Fe, N.M.) (creator)
Subject names:
Iglesia Segunda Presbiteriana (Santa Fe, N.M.)
Topics:
Church records and registers--New Mexico--Santa Fe., Mexicans--Religious life--New Mexico--Santa Fe., Mexican Americans--Religious life--New Mexico--Santa Fe., Presbyterian Church--Home missions--New Mexico--Santa Fe.
Geographic subjects:
Santa Fe (N.M.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353181
Title:
Iglesia Segunda Presbiteriana (Santa Fe, N.M.) minutes, 1895-1914.
Description:
Iglesia Segunda Presbiteriana (Santa Fe, N.M.) minutes, 1895-1914. Organized 1893 as the Spanish Mission of First Presbyterian Church (Santa Fe, N.M.). Reported 1894 by the Presbytery of Santa Fe. Also reported as Spanish Presbyterian Church. Changed name to Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1950. Anglophone worship after 1966.
Creator:
Iglesia Segunda Presbiteriana (Santa Fe, N.M.) (creator)
Subject names:
Iglesia Segunda Presbiteriana (Santa Fe, N.M.)
Topics:
Church records and registers--New Mexico--Santa Fe., Mexicans--Religious life--New Mexico--Santa Fe., Mexican Americans--Religious life--New Mexico--Santa Fe., Presbyterian Church--Home missions--New Mexico--Santa Fe.
Geographic subjects:
Santa Fe (N.M.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353102
Title:
Fred Rogers.
Creator:
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Family Communications Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbyterian Peacemaking Program--Archives., Rogers, Fred, 1928-2003., Rogers, Fred, 1928-2003--Portraits.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Clergy.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348268
Title:
Fred Rogers.
Creator:
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Family Communications Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbyterian Peacemaking Program--Archives., Rogers, Fred, 1928-2003., Rogers, Fred, 1928-2003--Portraits.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Clergy.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348267
Title:
Fred Rogers.
Creator:
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Family Communications Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbyterian Peacemaking Program--Archives., Rogers, Fred, 1928-2003., Rogers, Fred, 1928-2003--Portraits.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Clergy.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348266
Title:
Rev. Bear Ride, Rev. Susan Craig, and Brian Symonds.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Joyful: The Rev. Bear Ride, left, and her spouse, the Rev. Susan Craig, celebrate with Brian Symonds, a gay ministerial candidate, after a Pacific Presbytery vote. A Minnesota vote put the U.S. ratification over the top. [Clipping from the May 11, 2011 issue of the Los Angeles Times.]
Creator:
Gauthier, Robert. (photographer), Los Angeles times. (publisher)
Subject names:
Ride, Bear, 1953-, Craig, Susan., Gaeta-Symonds, Brian., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbytery of the Pacific.
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church., Presbyterian women--United States., Presbyterian Church--Clergy.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348011
Title:
James S. Evinger and Pamela P. Pritchard at the 216th General Assembly, 2004.
Description:
James S. Evinger (left) and Pamela P. Pritchard (right) staffing a booth at the 216th General Assembly in Richmond, Va. The booth provided information about 11 proposed amendments to the Book of Order coming before that assembly concerning how the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) deals with charges of sexual abuse. The 11 amendments were recommended by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Independent Committee of Inquiry.
Creator:
Evinger, James S. (donor)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (216th : 2004 : Richmond, Va.), Evinger, James S., Pritchard, Pamela P.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Congresses., Church and social problems--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects:
Richmond (Va.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348008
Title:
Cliff Kirkpatrick oral history, 2023.
Description:
Oral history of Stated Clerk Emeritus Cliff Kirkpatrick interviewed by Rev. Dr. Neal Presa and recorded via Zoom by Randy Hobson of OGA Communications on September 7, 2023. The Rev. Dr. Clifton Kirkpatrick is an ordained minister who served for fifteen years as the Director of the Worldwide Ministries Division before becoming Stated Clerk. He served in this capacity from 1996-2008 and, at the conclusion of his service, was elected by the General Assembly as Stated Clerk Emeritus. His other leadership roles included Co-moderator of the General Assembly Special Committee on the Belhar Confession and member of the Board of Directors of the Covenant Network of Presbyterians. Kirkpatrick attended Davidson College (BA), Yale University (MDiv), and McCormick Theological Seminary (DMin).
Creator:
Kirkpatrick, Clifton, 1945- (interviewee), Presa, Neal D. (interviewer), Hobson, Randy. (recording engineer)
Subject names:
Kirkpatrick, Clifton, 1945-, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly. Office of the Stated Clerk., Covenant Network of Presbyterians.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Church officers., Presbyterian Church--Clergy., Church leadership--Presbyterian Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346654
Title:
Cliff Kirkpatrick oral history, 2023.
Description:
Oral history of Stated Clerk Emeritus Cliff Kirkpatrick interviewed by Rev. Dr. Neal Presa and recorded via Zoom by Randy Hobson of OGA Communications on July 25, 2023. The Rev. Dr. Clifton Kirkpatrick is an ordained minister who served for fifteen years as the Director of the Worldwide Ministries Division before becoming Stated Clerk. He served in this capacity from 1996-2008 and, at the conclusion of his service, was elected by the General Assembly as Stated Clerk Emeritus. His other leadership roles included Co-moderator of the General Assembly Special Committee on the Belhar Confession and member of the Board of Directors of the Covenant Network of Presbyterians. Kirkpatrick attended Davidson College (BA), Yale University (MDiv), and McCormick Theological Seminary (DMin).
Creator:
Kirkpatrick, Clifton, 1945- (interviewee), Presa, Neal D. (interviewer), Hobson, Randy. (recording engineer)
Subject names:
Kirkpatrick, Clifton, 1945-, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly. Office of the Stated Clerk., Covenant Network of Presbyterians.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Church officers., Presbyterian Church--Clergy., Church leadership--Presbyterian Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346653
Title:
Cliff Kirkpatrick oral history, 2023.
Description:
Oral history of Stated Clerk Emeritus Cliff Kirkpatrick interviewed by Rev. Dr. Neal Presa and recorded via Zoom by Randy Hobson of OGA Communications on July 24, 2023. The Rev. Dr. Clifton Kirkpatrick is an ordained minister who served for fifteen years as the Director of the Worldwide Ministries Division before becoming Stated Clerk. He served in this capacity from 1996-2008 and, at the conclusion of his service, was elected by the General Assembly as Stated Clerk Emeritus. His other leadership roles included Co-moderator of the General Assembly Special Committee on the Belhar Confession and member of the Board of Directors of the Covenant Network of Presbyterians. Kirkpatrick attended Davidson College (BA), Yale University (MDiv), and McCormick Theological Seminary (DMin).
Creator:
Kirkpatrick, Clifton, 1945- (interviewee), Presa, Neal D. (interviewer), Hobson, Randy. (recording engineer)
Subject names:
Kirkpatrick, Clifton, 1945-, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly. Office of the Stated Clerk., Covenant Network of Presbyterians.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Church officers., Presbyterian Church--Clergy., Church leadership--Presbyterian Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346652

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