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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:
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, N.Y.) register, 1857-1897.
Description:
Register of Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, New York. Organized in 1858 as Park Presbyterian Church by the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (New School) Presbytery of Brooklyn. Changed their name to Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in 1862. Credit: Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church records, 2009.011, Brooklyn Historical Society.
Creator:
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) (creator), Austin & Magill (New York) (manufacturer)
Subject names:
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.), Park Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians--New York (State)--Brooklyn., Church records and registers--New York (State)--Brooklyn.
Geographic subjects:
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Church history., Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:342576
Title:
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, N.Y.) register, 1915-1958.
Description:
Register of Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, New York. Organized in 1858 as Park Presbyterian Church by the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (New School) Presbytery of Brooklyn. Changed their name to Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in 1862. Credit: Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church records, 2009.011, Brooklyn Historical Society.
Creator:
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) (creator)
Subject names:
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians--New York (State)--Brooklyn., Church records and registers--New York (State)--Brooklyn.
Geographic subjects:
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Church history., Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:342365
Title:
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, N.Y.) register, 1906-1915.
Description:
Register of Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, New York. Organized in 1858 as Park Presbyterian Church by the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (New School) Presbytery of Brooklyn. Changed their name to Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in 1862. Credit: Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church records, 2009.011, Brooklyn Historical Society.
Creator:
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) (creator)
Subject names:
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians--New York (State)--Brooklyn., Church records and registers--New York (State)--Brooklyn., Baptismal records--New York (State)--Brooklyn., Marriage records--New York (State)--Brooklyn.
Geographic subjects:
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Church history., Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:342150
Title:
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, N.Y.) register, 1857-1945.
Description:
Register of Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, New York. Includes baptismal records, 1891-1905. Organized in 1858 as Park Presbyterian Church by the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (New School) Presbytery of Brooklyn. Changed their name to Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in 1862. Credit: Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church records, 2009.011, Brooklyn Historical Society.
Creator:
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) (creator)
Subject names:
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.), Park Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians--New York (State)--Brooklyn., Church records and registers--New York (State)--Brooklyn., Baptismal records--New York (State)--Brooklyn.
Geographic subjects:
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Church history., Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:341831
Title:
Cumberland Street Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, N.Y.) baptisms, 1893-1896.
Description:
Register of Cumberland Street Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, New York. Organized in 1888 by the Brooklyn Presbytery; dissolved in 1896. Credit: Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church records, 2009.011, Brooklyn Historical Society.
Creator:
Cumberland Street Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) (creator)
Subject names:
Cumberland Street Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians--New York (State)--Brooklyn., Church records and registers--New York (State)--Brooklyn., Baptismal records--New York (State)--Brooklyn.
Geographic subjects:
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Church history., Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:341776
Title:
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, N.Y.) register, circa 1850s-1890s.
Description:
Register of Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, New York. Organized in 1858 as Park Presbyterian Church by the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (New School) Presbytery of Brooklyn. Changed their name to Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in 1862. Credit: Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church records, 2009.011, Brooklyn Historical Society.
Creator:
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) (creator)
Subject names:
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.), Park Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians--New York (State)--Brooklyn., Church records and registers--New York (State)--Brooklyn.
Geographic subjects:
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Church history., Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:341673
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
Title:
Robert Finley manuscript in Latin, 1793.
Description:
Latin manuscript written by Robert Finley, Presbyterian clergyman and educator.
Creator:
Finley, Robert, 1772-1817. (author)
Subject names:
Finley, Robert, 1772-1817--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Clergy--New Jersey--Princeton.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340305
Title:
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:
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.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Synod of Arkansas-Oklahoma., null (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Synod of Arkansas-Oklahoma.
Topics:
Camps--Texoma, Lake (Okla. and Tex.), Church work with youth.
Geographic subjects:
Texoma, Lake (Okla. and Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340290
Title:
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.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Synod of Arkansas-Oklahoma., null (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Synod of Arkansas-Oklahoma.
Topics:
Camps--Texoma, Lake (Okla. and Tex.), Church work with youth.
Geographic subjects:
Texoma, Lake (Okla. and Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340288
Title:
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.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Synod of Arkansas-Oklahoma., null (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Synod of Arkansas-Oklahoma.
Topics:
Camps--Texoma, Lake (Okla. and Tex.), Church work with youth.
Geographic subjects:
Texoma, Lake (Okla. and Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340287
Title:
James M'Chord letter book transcript, 1809-1820.
Description:
James M'Chord's letter book addressed to Samuel Crothers, a pastor in Greenfield, OH. Transcribed by John Dabney Shane.
Creator:
M'Chord, James, 1785-1820. (author), Shane, John Dabney, 1812-1864. (transcriber)
Subject names:
M'Chord, James, 1785-1820., M'Chord, James, 1785-1820--Archives., Shane, John Dabney, 1812-1864., Crothers, Samuel, 1783-1856.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Clergy--Kentucky.
Geographic subjects:
Kentucky.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:334620
Title:
James M'Chord letter book, 1809-1820.
Description:
James M'Chord's letter book addressed to Samuel Crothers, a pastor in Greenfield, OH. Pages 1-18 and 44-45 are blank.
Creator:
M'Chord, James, 1785-1820. (author)
Subject names:
M'Chord, James, 1785-1820., M'Chord, James, 1785-1820--Archives., Crothers, Samuel, 1783-1856.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Clergy--Kentucky.
Geographic subjects:
Kentucky
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:334547
Title:
Edler Hawkins commonplace book, circa 1940s-1960s.
Description:
Commonplace book of Edler Hawkins, the first Black moderator of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Book is chiefly Langston Hughes poems, circa 1940s-1960s.
Creator:
Hawkins, Edler Garnett, 1908-1977. (creator), Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. (author)
Subject names:
Hawkins, Edler Garnett, 1908-1977., Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:314960
Title:
Edler Hawkins correspondence and clippings, 1972-1986.
Description:
Correspondence and clippings of Edler Hawkins, the first Black moderator of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Includes materials related to Hawkins' passing in 1977.
Creator:
Hawkins, Edler Garnett, 1908-1977. (author)
Subject names:
Hawkins, Edler Garnett, 1908-1977., Livingston, Michael., Hawkins, Thelma., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly. Moderator (1964-1965 : Hawkins)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:314785
Title:
Edler Hawkins commonplace book, circa 1940s-1960s.
Description:
Commonplace book of Edler Hawkins, the first Black moderator of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Book is chiefly poems copied by Hawkins, including the Internationale, circa 1940s-1960s.
Creator:
Hawkins, Edler Garnett, 1908-1977. (creator)
Subject names:
Hawkins, Edler Garnett, 1908-1977.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:314718
Title:
Westminster Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.)
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: "THE CHURCH BEAUTIFUL" Founded June 30, 1901, it is now past the half-century milestone. Its spiritual tone has always been of the very highest; its teaching true to the fundamental truths of evangelical Christianity. Westminster is bible-centered in all of her emphases and evangelistic in spirit.
Creator:
Colourpicture Publishers (Firm) (publisher)
Topics:
Church buildings--Georgia--Atlanta.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:314716
Title:
Westminster Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.)
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: "THE CHURCH BEAUTIFUL" Founded June 30, 1901, it is now past the half-century milestone. Its spiritual tone has always been of the very highest; its teaching true to the fundamental truths of evangelical Christianity. Westminster is bible-centered in all of her emphases and evangelistic in spirit.
Creator:
Colourpicture Publishers (Firm) (publisher)
Topics:
Church buildings--Georgia--Atlanta.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:314714
Title:
The 190th General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church, U.S.A.
Description:
Interpretive video of the 190th General Assembly of the UPCUSA. Includes footage of Sandra Brawders (14:03) speaking on the plenary floor and advocating for inclusive ordination rights for gay and lesbian Presbyterians and Virginia Davidson (22:09), chairperson of the UPCUSA Task Force to Study Homosexuality, making a statement on the Task Force's work.
Creator:
Eaton, Charles. (producer), Smith, Devore. (producer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (190th : 1978 : San Diego, Calif.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Task Force to Study Homosexuality., Davidson, Virginia West, 1916-2009., Brawders, Sandra., More Light Presbyterians--Archives.
Topics:
Ordination of gays--Presbyterians., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterians., Homosexuality--Religious aspects--United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:314694

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