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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:
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:
Chris Paige oral history, 2019.
Description:
Chris Paige is a transgender activist who created Transfaith Online in 1999. Paige was ordained as an elder in the PC(USA) in 1971 and helped establish transgender groups in the United Church of Christ, the Fellowship of Affirming Ministries, and throughout Philadelphia.
Creator:
Paige, Chris. (interviewee), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer)
Subject names:
More Light Presbyterians
Topics:
Gender identity--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Christian transgender people., Transgender people.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:153484
Title:
Arthur Fullerton oral history, 2019.
Description:
Arthur Fullerton was a member of More Light Churches in New York City, Los Angeles (including West Hollywood Presbyterian Church), and Albany, New York. In 2017, he became the first openly gay Moderator of Albany Presbytery.
Creator:
Fullerton, Arthur (interviewee)
Subject names:
More Light Presbyterians
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)--20th Century., Ordination of gays., Ordination of lesbians.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:153483
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
Title:
Life Stories (1994)
Description:
Video created by the Lazarus Project, a Presbyterian ministry dedicated to reconciling the church with its LGBTQ community. Began in 1977 at West Hollywood Presbyterian Church. Dissolved in 2007 after 30 years of ministry.
Subject names:
West Hollywood Presbyterian Church (Los Angeles, Calif.), Lazarus Project.
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious Aspects--Presbyterian Church--20th century
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145237
Title:
Church building.
Description:
28. [Church building].
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Support Agency--Archives.
Topics:
Moro Indians--Missions--20th century., Church work with Indians--California--20th century., Home missions--California--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
North Fork (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:6176

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