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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:
Theological Reflections on the Death Penalty.
Description:
Written by John H. Leith for the PCUS General Assembly Mission Board, 1979. Featured as a chapter in "Pilgrimage of a Presbyterian: Collected Shorter Writings" (2001).
Creator:
Leith, John H. (author), Raynal, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1943- (editor)
Subject names:
Leith, John H., Presbyterian Church in the U.S. General Assembly Mission Board.
Topics:
Capital punishment--Religious aspects--Christianity., Church and social problems--Presbyterian Church., Theology--Study and teaching.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353885
Title:
Interview of Dean H. Lewis by R. Douglas Brackenridge, Tape 1, Side 1.
Description:
Cassette tape 1, side 1 of an interview recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from March 11 to 12, 1988. Dean Lewis discusses his upbringing as a Southern Baptist in Missouri, his attendance of Yale Divinity School, his time as a pastor in Springdale, Arkansas, and his career leading up to his time in the Office of Church and Society. Part of a 5 cassette tape set.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344382
Title:
Chris Glaser oral history, 2022.
Description:
Chris Glaser was raised as an American Baptist in North Hollywood, California. He joined the Presbyterian Church in 1970 while in college at California State University, Northridge. He was an ordained elder at First Presbyterian Church of Van Nuys. From 1976 to 1978, he served as the only openly gay member of the UPCUSA Task Force to Study Homosexuality. From 1977 to 1987, he served as the founding director of the Lazarus Project, a ministry of reconciliation between the church and the LGBTQ community in Los Angeles, located at West Hollywood Presbyterian Church. He also served as the second national coordinator and treasurer of Presbyterians for Lesbian and Gay Concerns (PLGC) and as editor of its newsletters (More Light). Interview covers the 1978 General Assembly, the UPCUSA Task Force to Study Homosexuality, the Lazarus Project, and Presbyterians for Lesbian and Gay Concerns (PLGC).
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:288002
Title:
Central America presentations, United Presbyterian Women, 1985.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286244
Title:
Presbyterian Social Witness Policy Compilation
Description:
Compiled by the Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy. Includes index.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)--Doctrines., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.--Doctrines., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Doctrines., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy.
Topics:
Church and social problems--Presbyterian Church., Church and the world--Presbyterian Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:176522
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:
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:
Church building.
Description:
The Polish Story.
Topics:
Church buildings., Refugees--Poland., Church work with refugees.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83425
Title:
Church building.
Description:
The Polish Story.
Topics:
Church buildings., Refugees--Poland., Church work with refugees.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83386
Title:
Farewell Letter to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States.
Description:
Farewell Letter to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the Confederate States of America.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8868
Title:
Organization of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the Confederate States of America.
Description:
Organization of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the Confederate States of America.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the Confederate States of America.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8694
Title:
She then modestly handed me her offering.
Description:
She then modestly handed me her offering. It was six cents.
Topics:
Generosity., Sharing.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8069
Title:
The Teaching and practice of Christian stewardship.
Description:
Synods and presbyteries should understand themselves as part of a total national church, contributing responsibly to the church as a whole. United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. The Teaching and practice of Christian stewardship.
Topics:
Christian stewardship.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7513

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