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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:
Calvin Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357739
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:
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:
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
Title:
Presbyterian Gay Caucus and Presbyterians for Gay Concerns brochures and pamphlets.
Description:
Includes Presbyterian Gay Caucus "Statement of Purpose, 1975" and "'Definitive Guidance' Revisited or An Alternative View: The Law of the Church" by David B. Sindt (1979).
Creator:
Sindt, David, 1940-1986. (author)
Subject names:
Carter, Ralph C. (Ralph Campbell)--Archives., Sindt, David, 1940-1986., Presbyterian Gay Caucus., Presbyterians for Gay Concerns.
Topics:
Gay clergy--United States., Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays--Presbyterians., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterians.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346581
Title:
Fifteenth St. Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church Washington, D.C.
Subject 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:345464
Title:
Fifteenth St. Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church Washington, D.C. 1993
Subject 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
Title:
Fifteenth St. Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Fifteenth St. Presbyterian Church Washington, D.C. Hist. Foundation
Subject 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
Title:
Service of Installation for Rev. J. Oscar McCloud.
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
Title:
Service of Installation for Rev. William Gillespie.
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
Title:
Service of Installation for Rev. James Walter Brown.
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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