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Church involvement in social and political issues and activism, including civil rights, protests, and war work. Also, social and political reformers connected to the church. See the following related collections: Civil rights, protests, and social reformers; Wars. Featured image: Religious with Rosa Parks, 1963.

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Title:
Rev. Bear Ride, Rev. Susan Craig, and Brian Symonds.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Joyful: The Rev. Bear Ride, left, and her spouse, the Rev. Susan Craig, celebrate with Brian Symonds, a gay ministerial candidate, after a Pacific Presbytery vote. A Minnesota vote put the U.S. ratification over the top. [Clipping from the May 11, 2011 issue of the Los Angeles Times.]
Creator:
Gauthier, Robert. (photographer), Los Angeles times. (publisher)
Subject names:
Ride, Bear, 1953-, Craig, Susan., Gaeta-Symonds, Brian., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbytery of the Pacific.
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church., Presbyterian women--United States., Presbyterian Church--Clergy.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348011
Title:
"That All May Freely Serve" newsletter.
Description:
"That All May Freely Serve" newsletter, vol. 21, no. 2, September 2005. Published by the Downtown United Presbyterian Church in Rochester, New York. TAMFS was founded in 1992 to advocate for an inclusive and welcoming Church and for the ordination of qualified lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) candidates for ministry in the Presbyterian Church (USA).
Creator:
That All May Freely Serve (Association) (creator)
Subject names:
Sindt, David, 1940-1986--Archives., That All May Freely Serve (Association), Downtown United Presbyterian Church (Rochester, N.Y.)
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects:
Rochester (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340389
Title:
A Service of Celebration and Welcome for Thomas M. Hickok.
Description:
Program for a Service of Celebration and Welcome for Thomas M. Hickok, Minister of Outreach and Justice at First United Church of Oak Park.
Creator:
That All May Freely Serve (Association) (creator)
Subject names:
Sindt, David, 1940-1986--Archives., That All May Freely Serve (Association), Hickok, Thomas M., First United Church of Oak Park (Oak Park, Ill.)
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects:
Oak Park (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340380
Title:
"That All May Freely Serve" newsletter.
Description:
"That All May Freely Serve" newsletter, vol. 11, no. 2, September 2004. Published by the Downtown United Presbyterian Church in Rochester, New York. TAMFS was founded in 1992 to advocate for an inclusive and welcoming Church and for the ordination of qualified lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) candidates for ministry in the Presbyterian Church (USA).
Creator:
That All May Freely Serve (Association) (creator)
Subject names:
Partridge, Greg--Archives., That All May Freely Serve (Association), Downtown United Presbyterian Church (Rochester, N.Y.)
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects:
Rochester (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340353
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:
"That All May Freely Serve" newsletter.
Description:
"That All May Freely Serve" newsletter, vol. 1, no. 1, September 1993. Published by the Downtown United Presbyterian Church in Rochester, New York, in support of the Rev. Jane Spahr. Rev. Spahr was denied by the Permanent Judicial Commission of the General Assembly to serve as co-pastor at the church on the basis of her sexual orientation.
Subject names:
Koenig, Patricia Dykers, 1954---Archives., Spahr, Jane Adams., Downtown United Presbyterian Church (Rochester, N.Y.)
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects:
Rochester (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145521
Title:
Soulforce demonstration at the 212th General Assembly.
Creator:
Hartwein-Sanchez, Jack. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (212th : 2000 : Long Beach, Calif.), Soulforce, Inc.
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church., Demonstrations--California--Long Beach.
Geographic subjects:
Long Beach (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145479
Title:
Soulforce demonstration at the 212th General Assembly.
Creator:
Hartwein-Sanchez, Jack. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (212th : 2000 : Long Beach, Calif.), Soulforce, Inc.
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church., Demonstrations--California--Long Beach.
Geographic subjects:
Long Beach (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145478
Title:
Soulforce demonstration at the 212th General Assembly.
Creator:
Hartwein-Sanchez, Jack. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (212th : 2000 : Long Beach, Calif.), Soulforce, Inc.
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church., Demonstrations--California--Long Beach.
Geographic subjects:
Long Beach (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145477
Title:
Soulforce demonstration at the 212th General Assembly.
Creator:
Hartwein-Sanchez, Jack. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (212th : 2000 : Long Beach, Calif.), Soulforce, Inc.
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church., Demonstrations--California--Long Beach.
Geographic subjects:
Long Beach (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145476
Title:
Soulforce demonstration at the 212th General Assembly.
Creator:
Hartwein-Sanchez, Jack. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (212th : 2000 : Long Beach, Calif.), Soulforce, Inc.
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church., Demonstrations--California--Long Beach.
Geographic subjects:
Long Beach (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145475
Title:
Soulforce demonstration at the 212th General Assembly.
Creator:
Hartwein-Sanchez, Jack. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (212th : 2000 : Long Beach, Calif.), Soulforce, Inc.
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church., Demonstrations--California--Long Beach.
Geographic subjects:
Long Beach (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145474
Title:
"Amendment A" advertisements.
Description:
Advertisements both for and against the passage of "Amendment A." The proposed amendment asked those who were called to office in the church to live "in obedience to Jesus Christ, under the authority of Scripture and instructed by the historic confessional standards of the church." Advertisements in favor of the amendment were supported by The Covenant Network of Presbyterians and the advertisements against it were supported by The Presbyterian Coalition.
Subject names:
Haberer, Jack--Archives.
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church, Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:144593
Title:
Yet more light.
Description:
Presbyterians for Gay Concerns/Presbyterian Gay Caucus brochure, 1977.
Creator:
Silver, Bill. (artist)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Task Force to Study Homosexuality., Presbyterians for Gay Concerns.
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:144589
Title:
The Phoenix debate on Amendment A
Description:
Transcript of the Phoenix Debate on Amendment A: Laird Stuart vs. Jack Haberer on January 19, 1998. The two leaders debated in Phoenix, Arizona over the proposal of "Amendment A" to the Book of Order which became known for striking "fidelity and chastity" as an ordination standard.
Creator:
Stuart, Laird J., 1943-2018. (author), Haberer, Jack (author)
Subject names:
Haberer, Jack--Archives.
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church, Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects:
Phoenix (Ariz.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:144569
Title:
Tricia Dykers-Koenig correspondence regarding Jane Spahr, November-December 1992.
Description:
Tricia Dykers-Koening's correspondence related to the Permanent Judicial Commission of the General Assembly's decision to deny Rev. Jane Adams Spahr's call to be co-pastor at Downtown United Presbyterian Church in Rochester, New York on the basis of her sexual orientation. Also mentions Lisa Larges who was also denied to serve by the commission. Written by Dykers-Koenig and other congregation members at Noble Road Presbyterian Church in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Letters are addressed to Rev. Spahr, to the session and congregation at Downtown United Presbyterian Church, to Rev. W. Clark Chamberlain who dissented the commission's vote, and to the Permanent Judicial Commission of the General Assembly directly. Also includes a letter of gratitude written by Rev. Spahr to her "friends at Noble Road Presbyterian Church."
Creator:
Koenig, Patricia Dykers, 1954- (author), Spahr, Jane Adams. (author)
Subject names:
Noble Road Presbyterian Church (Cleveland Heights, Ohio), Downtown United Presbyterian Church (Rochester, N.Y.), Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (209th : 1997 : Syracuse, N.Y.), Spahr, Jane Adams., Larges, Lisa., Chamberlain, W. Clark., Koenig, Patricia Dykers, 1954---Archives.
Topics:
Homophobia--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects:
Cleveland Heights (Ohio)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:144558
Title:
The Presbyterian layman.
Description:
The Presbyterian Layman, Vol. 30, No. 4, July/August 1997. Cover story focuses on turmoil at the 209th General Assembly in Syracuse, New York, stemming from the "Fidelity and Chastity Amendment" or "Amendment B" which placed restrictions on the sexual behavior and orientation of Presbyterian leaders.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Lay Committee., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (209th : 1997 : Syracuse, N.Y.), Stuart, Laird J., 1943-2018--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Periodicals., Homophobia--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects:
Syracuse (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:144531
Title:
UPCUSA Task Force to Study Homosexuality.
Description:
The United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Task Force to Study Homosexuality, December 1977.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Task Force to Study Homosexuality., Glaser, Chris., Davidson, Virginia West, 1916-2009.
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:143456
Title:
Jack Haberer oral history interview, 2018.
Description:
Jack Haberer was moderator of the PC(USA) Theological Task Force on Peace, Unity, and Purity, and an organizer of the Presbyterian Coalition, a group which marshaled opposition to the ordination of lesbians and gay men.
Creator:
Haberer, Jack. (interviewee), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Covenant Network of Presbyterians., Presbyterian Coalition., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Theological Task Force on Peace, Unity, and Purity.
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:143420
Title:
A Faithful Vote
Description:
Presbyterians for Renewal video advocating against the 2001 Amendment A (Amendment 01-A), which would have permitted ordination equality, arguing for Amendment B, the ultimately-passed "fidelity and chastity" clause.
Subject names:
Presbyterians for Renewal., Andrews, Jerry, 1953---Archives.
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious Aspects--Presbyterian Church--20th century., Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:142469

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