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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:
Berean Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) session minutes, 1966-1972.
Creator:
Berean Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (creator)
Subject names:
Berean Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topics:
Church records and registers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Church history., Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355310
Title:
Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) session minutes, 1888-1907.
Creator:
Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (creator)
Subject names:
Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topics:
Church records and registers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Church history., Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355196
Title:
Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) session minutes, 1864-1888.
Creator:
Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (creator)
Subject names:
Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topics:
Church records and registers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Church history., Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355012
Title:
Berean Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) session minutes and register, 1956-1961.
Creator:
Berean Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (creator)
Subject names:
Berean Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topics:
Church records and registers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Church history., Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:354900
Title:
Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) register, 1844-1886.
Creator:
Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (creator)
Subject names:
Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topics:
Church records and registers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Church history., Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:354850
Title:
Reeve Memorial Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) session minutes, 1950-1960.
Creator:
Reeve Memorial Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (creator)
Subject names:
Reeve Memorial Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topics:
Church records and registers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Church history., Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:354731
Title:
Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) register, 1930-1933.
Description:
Includes dismissial and reception certificate stubs.
Creator:
Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (creator)
Subject names:
Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topics:
Church records and registers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Church history., Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:354721
Title:
Berean Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) session minutes and register, 1928-1944.
Creator:
Berean Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (creator)
Subject names:
Berean Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topics:
Church records and registers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Church history., Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:354547
Title:
Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) session minutes and register, 1844-1864.
Creator:
Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (creator)
Subject names:
Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topics:
Church records and registers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Church history., Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:354428
Title:
Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) session minutes and register, 1844-1922.
Creator:
Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (creator)
Subject names:
Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topics:
Church records and registers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Church history., Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:354356
Title:
Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) administrative conference minutes, 1920-1923.
Creator:
Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (creator)
Subject names:
Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topics:
Church records and registers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Church history., Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:354320
Title:
Berean Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) session minutes and register, 1944-1955.
Creator:
Berean Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (creator)
Subject names:
Berean Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topics:
Church records and registers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Church history., Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:354093
Title:
Faith Presbyterian Church (Germantown, Pa.) trustees minutes, 1952-1957.
Description:
The Presbyterian Tioga Mission was organized at Broad and Butler Streets in 1903. The next year the mission moved to 30 W. Rittenhouse Street in Germantown, and was renamed People's Presbyterian Mission. The congregation was reported by the Presbytery of Philadelphia North as Faith Presbyterian Church (Germantown, Pa.) in 1914. The church was sited at Pulaski Avenue near Penn Street after 1916, and a stone church building was completed there in 1927. Reuben Armstrong, a Lincoln University graduate and assistant to Matthew Anderson at Berean Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.). served the church from 1904 until his death in 1924. Clarence Cave served the church from 1950 to 1963. In 1965 Faith merged with the white Second Presbyterian Church (Germantown, Pa.) to form Germantown Community Presbyterian Church.
Creator:
Faith Presbyterian Church (Germantown, Pa.) (creator)
Subject names:
Faith Presbyterian Church (Germantown, Pa.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.), Philadelphia (Pa.)--Church history.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:183903
Title:
Faith Presbyterian Church (Germantown, Pa.) session minutes, May 1945-February 1960.
Description:
The Presbyterian Tioga Mission was organized at Broad and Butler Streets in 1903. The next year the mission moved to 30 W. Rittenhouse Street in Germantown, and was renamed People's Presbyterian Mission. The congregation was reported by the Presbytery of Philadelphia North as Faith Presbyterian Church (Germantown, Pa.) in 1914. The church was sited at Pulaski Avenue near Penn Street after 1916, and a stone church building was completed there in 1927. Reuben Armstrong, a Lincoln University graduate and assistant to Matthew Anderson at Berean Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.). served the church from 1904 until his death in 1924. Clarence Cave served the church from 1950 to 1963. In 1965 Faith merged with the white Second Presbyterian Church (Germantown, Pa.) to form Germantown Community Presbyterian Church.
Creator:
Faith Presbyterian Church (Germantown, Pa.) (creator)
Subject names:
Faith Presbyterian Church (Germantown, Pa.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.), Philadelphia (Pa.)--Church history.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:183576
Title:
Faith Presbyterian Church (Germantown, Pa.) register, 1938-1964.
Description:
The Presbyterian Tioga Mission was organized at Broad and Butler Streets in 1903. The next year the mission moved to 30 W. Rittenhouse Street in Germantown, and was renamed People's Presbyterian Mission. The congregation was reported by the Presbytery of Philadelphia North as Faith Presbyterian Church (Germantown, Pa.) in 1914. The church was sited at Pulaski Avenue near Penn Street after 1916, and a stone church building was completed there in 1927. Reuben Armstrong, a Lincoln University graduate and assistant to Matthew Anderson at Berean Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.). served the church from 1904 until his death in 1924. Clarence Cave served the church from 1950 to 1963. In 1965 Faith merged with the white Second Presbyterian Church (Germantown, Pa.) to form Germantown Community Presbyterian Church.
Creator:
Faith Presbyterian Church (Germantown, Pa.) (creator)
Subject names:
Faith Presbyterian Church (Germantown, Pa.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.), Philadelphia (Pa.)--Church history.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:183427
Title:
Faith Presbyterian Church (Germantown, Pa.) register, 1914-1923.
Description:
The Presbyterian Tioga Mission was organized at Broad and Butler Streets in 1903. The next year the mission moved to 30 W. Rittenhouse Street in Germantown, and was renamed People's Presbyterian Mission. The congregation was reported by the Presbytery of Philadelphia North as Faith Presbyterian Church (Germantown, Pa.) in 1914. The church was sited at Pulaski Avenue near Penn Street after 1916, and a stone church building was completed there in 1927. Reuben Armstrong, a Lincoln University graduate and assistant to Matthew Anderson at Berean Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.). served the church from 1904 until his death in 1924. Clarence Cave served the church from 1950 to 1963. In 1965 Faith merged with the white Second Presbyterian Church (Germantown, Pa.) to form Germantown Community Presbyterian Church.
Creator:
Faith Presbyterian Church (Germantown, Pa.) (creator)
Subject names:
Faith Presbyterian Church (Germantown, Pa.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.), Philadelphia (Pa.)--Church history.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:183347
Title:
Rev. Robert Lee Maffett with group.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Rev. Robert Lee Maffett looking at and between 2 men shaking hands. Rev. Shelton Waters, far right on front row. Probably in this photo would be Clarence Care Glasgow.
Creator:
Mosley, John W. (photographer)
Subject names:
Maffett, Robert Lee, 1920-2011--Archives., Maffett, Robert Lee, 1920-2011., Waters, Shelton Hale.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American clergy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:176173
Title:
Bethel Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, Pa.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Outside Bethel Pres. Church, 1900s York St. Bernard Campbell. Sept. 1965.
Subject names:
Maffett, Robert Lee, 1920-2011--Archives., Bethel Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:176162
Title:
Bethel Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, Pa.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Robert and Lalon Maffett, Mrs. Glasco and daughter Frances Broome. Bethel Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1948.
Subject names:
Maffett, Robert Lee, 1920-2011--Archives., Maffett, Robert Lee, 1920-2011., Maffett, Lalon Pearson., Broome, Frances., Bethel Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.), Glasco, Ethel.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American clergy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Presbyterian women--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:176160
Title:
Bethel Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, Pa.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: The Reverend Robert Lee Maffett, far right, founder and pastor of Bethel Presbyterian Church, 19th & York Streets, Phila., PA. Bethel Presbyterian Church choir.
Subject names:
Maffett, Robert Lee, 1920-2011--Archives., Maffett, Robert Lee, 1920-2011., Bethel Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American clergy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Choirs (Music)--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:176156

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