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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:
Passing the Gavel.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Louisville -- Dr. Charles E.S. Kraemer (right) hands over the moderator's gavel to Dr. Lawrence W. Bottoms, the first black person ever to be moderator of the 900,000 member Presbyterian Church in the U.S. (Southern). Dr. Bottoms, 66, the pastor of the predominantly white Oakhurst Presbyterian Church in Decatur, Ga., won a first-ballot victory at the denomination's 114th General Assembly in Louisville to succeed Dr. Kraemer as moderator. Dr. Bottoms had already set to other precedents in the 113-year-old PCUS, when he served as the first black moderator of the Louisville Presbytery and the first black moderator of any PCUS synod (Kentucky) -- both in 1962. Credit Must Read: Religious News Service Photo. (C-LOU-6C-74-DS)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service., Bottoms, Lawrence., Kraemer, Charles E. S., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American clergy., Presbyterian Church--Congresses.
Geographic subjects:
Louisville (Ky.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:281788
Title:
182nd General Assembly, Chicago, Illinois, May 1970.
Description:
Text transcribed from slide set's accompanying script: Rev. Virgil Jones, Chairman of Standing Committee on Church and Race.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Mass Media. (creator)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A General Assembly (182nd : 1970 : Chicago, Ill.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Council on Church and Race., Jones, Virgil.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Congresses., Presbyterian Church--Clergy., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., African American Presbyterians.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:161355
Title:
181st General Assembly, San Antonio, Texas, May 1969.
Description:
Text transcribed from slide set's accompanying script: Rev. Gayraud Wilmore, Chairman of Division of Church and Race, addresses the General Assembly.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (181st : 1969 : San Antonio, Tex.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Council on Church and Race., Wilmore, Gayraud S. (Gayraud Stephen), 1921-
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Congresses., African American Presbyterians., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
San Antonio (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:161322
Title:
181st General Assembly, San Antonio, Texas, May 1969.
Description:
Text transcribed from slide set's accompanying script: Rev. Edler Hawkins, Chairman of Council on Church and Race, Rev. Gayraud Wilmore, Chairman of Division of Church and Race, and Rev. John Duley, Chairman Standing Committee on Church and Society.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (181st : 1969 : San Antonio, Tex.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Council on Church and Race., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Advisory Council on Church and Society., Wilmore, Gayraud S. (Gayraud Stephen), 1921-, Hawkins, Edler Garnett, 1908-1977., Duley, John.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Congresses., African American Presbyterians., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
San Antonio (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:161288
Title:
Eugene Turner, Gayraud Wilmore, and Oscar McCloud at General Assembly.
Creator:
Wilmore, Gayraud S. (Gayraud Stephen), 1921- (creator)
Subject names:
Wilmore, Gayraud S. (Gayraud Stephen), 1921---Archives., Wilmore, Gayraud S. (Gayraud Stephen), 1921-, Turner, Eugene G., 1934-, McCloud, J. Oscar (James Oscar), 1936-
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American clergy.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:160497
Title:
Rev. Kermit Overton at the 183rd General Assembly in Rochester, N.Y., 1971.
Description:
The Rev. Kermit Overton of Black Presbyterians United, urging modification of reunion plans with the Presbyterian Church U.S.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (183rd : 1971 : Rochester, N.Y.) (creator)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (183rd : 1971 : Rochester, N.Y.), Overton, Kermit Everett, 1924-1996., National Black Presbyterians United.
Topics:
Christian union--Presbyterian Church--20th century., Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States--20th century., African American Presbyterians.
Geographic subjects:
Rochester (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:160304

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