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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:
Interview of Dean H. Lewis by R. Douglas Brackenridge, Tape 1, Side 1.
Description:
Cassette tape 1, side 1 of an interview recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from March 11 to 12, 1988. Dean Lewis discusses his upbringing as a Southern Baptist in Missouri, his attendance of Yale Divinity School, his time as a pastor in Springdale, Arkansas, and his career leading up to his time in the Office of Church and Society. Part of a 5 cassette tape set.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344382
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One Great Hour of Sharing planning guide, 1987.
Description:
A planning guide for pastors, committees, staff and others to interpret and promote offering through the "One Great Hour of Sharing."
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Communications and Funds Development--Archives., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Support Agency., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Office of Special Offerings., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly. Mission Board.
Topics:
Christian stewardship--Presbyterian Church., Christian giving--Presbyterian Church., Presbyterian Church--Missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340976
Title:
Trends in Giving: 1964-1984.
Description:
Written by Rev. William S. Rowling, Associate General Director of the Support Agency/Mission Funding Unit.
Creator:
Rowling, William S. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Communications and Funds Development--Archives., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Support Agency.
Topics:
Christian stewardship--Presbyterian Church., Christian giving--Presbyterian Church., Presbyterian Church--Missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340963
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Synod of Arkansas-Oklahoma junior camp, Lake Texoma, 1961.
Description:
Footage of the junior camp held at the Synod of Arkansas-Oklahoma's campground on Lake Texoma.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340291
Title:
Chris Glaser oral history, 2022.
Description:
Chris Glaser was raised as an American Baptist in North Hollywood, California. He joined the Presbyterian Church in 1970 while in college at California State University, Northridge. He was an ordained elder at First Presbyterian Church of Van Nuys. From 1976 to 1978, he served as the only openly gay member of the UPCUSA Task Force to Study Homosexuality. From 1977 to 1987, he served as the founding director of the Lazarus Project, a ministry of reconciliation between the church and the LGBTQ community in Los Angeles, located at West Hollywood Presbyterian Church. He also served as the second national coordinator and treasurer of Presbyterians for Lesbian and Gay Concerns (PLGC) and as editor of its newsletters (More Light). Interview covers the 1978 General Assembly, the UPCUSA Task Force to Study Homosexuality, the Lazarus Project, and Presbyterians for Lesbian and Gay Concerns (PLGC).
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:288002
Title:
Central America presentations, United Presbyterian Women, 1985.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286244
Title:
John M. Buchanan oral history, 2019.
Description:
John Buchanan is a Presbyterian minister and former moderator of the PC(USA). He was born 20 January 1938 in Altoona, Pa., graduated from Franklin and Marshall College in 1959 and completed a master of Divinity degree at Chicago Theological Seminary in 1963. He held pastorates at First Presbyterian Church (Dyer, Ind.) from 1963 to 1966; Bethany Presbyterian Church (Lafayette, Ind.) from 1966 to 1974; Broad Street Presbyterian Church (Columbus, Ohio) from 1974 to 1985; and Fourth Presbyterian Church (Chicago, Ill.) from 1986 to 2012. Buchanan was moderator of the 208th General Assembly in 1996. Since 1999 he has been publisher of The Christian Century.
Creator:
Buchanan, John M., 1938- (interviewee), Hessel, Beth Shalom. (interviewer), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Covenant Network of Presbyterians., Buchanan, John M., 1938-
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays., Ordination of lesbians.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:154174
Title:
Barry Smith oral history, 2019.
Description:
Barry Smith is the historian of Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church (Chicago, IL). He was involved in the early years of Presbyterians for Lesbian and Gay Concerns in Chicago.
Creator:
Smith, Barry (interviewee), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer), Hobbs, John (interviewer)
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)., Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church., Social justice--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:153450
Title:
David Colby oral history, 2019.
Description:
Rev. Dr. David Colby is a Presbyterian minister, serving Central Presbyterian Church (St. Paul, Minn.). He served on the board of the Covenant Network of Presbyterians from 2002-2015 and chaired the Strategy and Local Organizing Committee of the board from 2007-2015, including during the successful ratification campaigns for ordination and marriage.
Creator:
Colby, David. (interviewee), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Covenant Network of Presbyterians., Colby, David.
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Ordination of gays., Ordination of lesbians., Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Christianity.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150255
Title:
Lisa Larges oral history, 2019.
Description:
Lisa Larges, a 1989 graduate of San Francisco Theological Seminary, was first denied ordination as a minister of word and sacrament in 1993. She joined That All May Freely Serve in 2002, serving as regional coordinator, and later as minister coordinator. Her ordination by the Presbytery of San Francisco in 2009 was challenged and spent three years in Synod and GAPJC proceedings. In 2016, she was ordained as a teaching elder at the Lake Nokomis Presbyterian Church (Minneapolis, MN).
Creator:
Larges, Lisa. (interviewee), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer)
Subject names:
That All May Freely Serve, More Light Presbyterians
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church, Sexual orientation--Religious aspects--Christianity, Ordination of gays, Ordination of lesbians
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150251
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:
David B. Smith oral history, 2019.
Description:
David B. Smith is a Presbyterian minister, serving Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church (Bryn Mawr, Pa.). He grew up in western North Carolina, and attended Montreat College and Montreat Presbyterian Church (Montreat, N.C.). He completed a Master of Divinity at Princeton Theological Seminary, and was ordained by the Presbytery of Philadelphia in 2018.
Creator:
Smith, David B. (interviewee), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer)
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:146379

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