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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

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