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The 224th General Assembly in June 2020 passed item 00-29, "On the Church in this moment in history," which called Presbyterians to corporate repentance: "Repenting, both personally and corporately, for the role we as individuals and as a predominantly White-dominated church played in history and continue to perpetuate today, even if unknowingly, in systemic racism and White Supremacy, especially in terms of our own local silence, silencing those who attempt to speak or act, and our failure to act regarding police brutality, voter suppression, educational and healthcare inequality, and other acts of systemic racism on federal, state, and local levels." This is a collection of published materials created by PC(USA) congregations who have undertaken research in order to repair past action against or inaction for racial justice.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--United States--History., Race relations--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Anti-racism--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., African American Presbyterians--History., Slavery and the church--Presbyterian Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:self_study_racism
Description:
The 115th General Assembly (1903) of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. appointed the Special Committee on Forms of Service to prepare a manual that would standardize the form of special services, such as marriage, baptism, and communion services. Henry Jackson Van Dyke, Jr. (1852-1933) was appointed Chair and the Committee produced a manual in 1906 entitled: The Book of Common Worship. This collection contains minutes, reports, publications, correspondence, manuscripts, and other material relating to the work of the committee. View the collection guide to learn more. The entire physical collection has been digitized.
Featured image: Title page of the Book of Common Worship, 1906.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Special Committee on Forms and Services. (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Liturgy., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Special Committee on Forms and Services., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Book of common worship (1906), Benson, Louis F. (Louis FitzGerald), 1855-1930.
Topics:
Worship programs., Public worship., Presbyterian Church--Liturgy.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:rg65
Description:
Rachel Henderlite was a teacher, writer, ordained minister, and activist. In 1965, Henderlite was ordained by Hanover Presbytery as the first woman minister of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. The collection includes photographs, audio and video recordings, a scrapbook, correspondence, lecture and sermon notes, speeches and writings, and publications. View the collection guide to learn more.
Featured image: Bishop Frederick D. Jordan congratulates Dr. Rachel Henderlite.
Creator:
Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991. (creator)
Subject names:
Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991--Archives.
Topics:
Women clergy--United States., Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States., Ordination of women--Presbyterian Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:rg504
Description:
Presbyterian mission work in Korea began in 1884 and was primarily medical and educational. Early mission work centered in Seoul and Pyengyang and eventually nine stations were established. Work was done in cooperation with several other denominations, including Methodists and Southern, Canadian, and Australian Presbyterians. This collection includes reports and field correspondence to the Church's mission board that reflect the mission's educational, medical, and evangelistic work. Also included are materials dealing with the Shrine Question, the Korean Conspiracy, and the Korean Independence Movement. View the collection guide to learn more.
Featured image: Presbyterian Hospital Outpatient Department Nurses' Training School Leper Hospital Taiku, Chosen (Korea), Japan, ca. 1925-6.
Start date:
1903
End date:
1972
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations. (creator)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Korea., Missions, Medical--Korea., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea--History--Allied occupation, 1945-1948., Korea--Church history--20th century., Korea--History--Japanese occupation, 1910-1945., Korea--History--Independence movement, 1919.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:rg140
Description:
The Rev. Dr. William M. Baird and his wife, Annie Laurie Adams Baird, were appointed to the Chosen (Korea) Mission in 1890 by the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. From 1891 until 1897, they served at the Seoul, Fusan, and Taiku stations. In 1897, Baird was appointed president of the Pyengyang Academy and Union Christian College (also known as Sungsil Haktang and later Sungsil Taehak), a position that he held until his death in 1931. The William M. Baird Papers, 1885-1951 (bulk 1885-1931), consist of Baird's diaries, correspondence, reports, photographs, clippings and miscellaneous items. View the collection guide to learn more. The entire physical collection has been digitized.
Featured image: First All-Korea Presbytery Meeting, 1907.
Start date:
1885
End date:
1951
Creator:
Baird, William M. (William Martyn), 1862-1931. (creator)
Subject names:
Baird family., Baird, Annie Laurie Adams, 1864-1916., Baird, William M. (William Martyn), 1862-1931., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission., Pyengyang Academy., Sungsil Taehak (Seoul, Korea), Sungsil Haktang (Pʻyŏngyang, Korea)
Topics:
Universities and colleges--Korea., Missionaries--Korea., Missions--Educational work--Korea., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea., Schools--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Pyongyang (Korea)--Church history.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:rg173

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