Presbyterian General Assemblies

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[Reunion General Assembly in Atlanta, Georgia.]
Creator:
Presbyterian Lay Committee. (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (195th : 1983 : Atlanta, Ga.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A--History--20th century., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.--History--20th century.
Topics:
Christian union--Presbyterian Church--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:9944
Description:
On Friday evening, June 10, 1983 at 8:37 o'clock during an historic Service of the Holy Communion, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) was formally constituted marking the reunion of the two largest Presbyterian denominations which had been separated for 122 years since the Civil War. Some 14,000 people participated in the Communion Service, served by 449 Elders and 35 Ministers. Music was by a 680 voice choir from churches in the Atlanta area.
Creator:
Presbyterian Lay Committee. (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (195th : 1983 : Atlanta, Ga.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A--History--20th century., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)--History--20th century.
Topics:
Christian union--Presbyterian Church--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:9936
Description:
Immediate past General Assembly moderators and Stated Clerks at the Service of the Holy Communion are (left to right) PCUS Stated Clerk James E. Andrews, PCUS General Assembly Moderator John F. Anderson, Jr., UPC General Assembly Moderator James H. Costen, and UPC Stated Clerk William P. Thompson.
Creator:
Presbyterian Lay Committee. (creator)
Subject names:
Anderson, John F. (John Franklin), 1920-2009., Andrews, James E., Thompson, William P., 1918-, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (195th : 1983 : Atlanta, Ga.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A--History--20th century., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.--History--20th century.
Topics:
Christian union--Presbyterian Church--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:9931
Description:
Former General Assembly Moderators and their wives in the march to Atlanta's City Hall. (left to right) Rev. and Mrs. James H. Costen (UPC), and Rev. and Mrs. John F. Anderson, Jr. (PCUS).
Creator:
Presbyterian Lay Committee. (creator)
Subject names:
Anderson, John F. (John Franklin), 1920-2009., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--History--20th century., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.--History--20th century., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)--History--20th century., Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023.
Topics:
Christian union--Presbyterians--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8174
Description:
[Reunion parade during the 195th General Assembly in Atlanta, Georgia, June 1983. Two men carrying Presbyterian Peacemaking Program banner.]
Creator:
Presbyterian Lay Committee. (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (195th : 1983 : Atlanta, Ga.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A--History--20th century., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)--History--20th century.
Topics:
Christian union--Presbyterian Church--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8123
Description:
[The Atlanta Pipers Band leading the Reunion parade during the 195th General Assembly in Atlanta, Georgia, June 1983.]
Creator:
Presbyterian Lay Committee. (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (195th : 1983 : Atlanta, Ga.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A--History--20th century., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)--History--20th century.
Topics:
Christian union--Presbyterian Church--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8110
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Held by General Assembly Moderator J. Randolph Taylor are the three moderatorial crosses which were welded together by Professor Richard Mafong of Georgia State University before the entire General Assembly.
Creator:
Presbyterian Lay Committee. (creator)
Subject names:
Taylor, J. Randolph (John Randolph), 1929-, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (195th : 1983 : Atlanta, Ga.), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.--History--20th century., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)--History--20th century.
Topics:
Christian union--Presbyterian Church--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7995
Description:
PCUS General Assembly Moderator John F. Anderson, Jr. (left) and UPC General Assembly Moderator James H. Costen, reading in unison the Declaration of Reunion at the Communion Service on Friday evening, June 10, 1983, formally constituting the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
Creator:
Presbyterian Lay Committee. (creator)
Subject names:
Anderson, John F. (John Franklin), 1920-2009., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--History--20th century., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.--History--20th century., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)--History--20th century.
Topics:
Christian union--Presbyterians--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7860
Description:
The Communion vessels used at the General Assembly at the celebration of the Lord's supper on June 10, 1983, are from the Upper Octorara Presbyterian Church, Parkesburg, Pennsylvania, organized in 1720. The vessels, approximately 200 years old, are representative of those used by Presbyterians in the American colonial period.
Creator:
Presbyterian Lay Committee. (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (195th : 1983 : Atlanta, Ga.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A--History--20th century., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)--History--20th century., Upper Octorara Presbyterian Church (Parkesburg, Pa.)
Topics:
Christian union--Presbyterian Church--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Parkesburg (Pa.), Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7824
Description:
Rev. Martin Luther King, Sr., pastor emeritus of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. Dr. King, father of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., addressed the General Assembly at its Monday evening business session on June 13, 1983.
Creator:
Presbyterian Lay Committee. (creator)
Subject names:
Andrews, James E., King, Martin Luther, 1899-1984., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A--History--20th century., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.--History--20th century., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)--History--20th century.
Topics:
Christian union--Presbyterian Church--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7753
Description:
[The Atlanta Pipers Band leading the Reunion parade during the 195th General Assembly in Atlanta, Georgia, June 1983.]
Creator:
Presbyterian Lay Committee. (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (195th : 1983 : Atlanta, Ga.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A--History--20th century., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)--History--20th century.
Topics:
Christian union--Presbyterian Church--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7724
Description:
A Scots bagpipe band leads thousands of Presbyterians up Atlanta's Techwood Avenue to City Hall to the strains of "Amazing Grace." A brass band from Stillman College also led the procession.
Creator:
Presbyterian Lay Committee. (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (195th : 1983 : Atlanta, Ga.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A--History--20th century., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)--History--20th century., Stillman College (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
Topics:
Christian union--Presbyterian Church--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7491

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