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Description:Advertisements 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." Includes an introductory letter from the Presbyterian Coalition.Subject names:Covenant Network of Presbyterians--Archives., Presbyterian Coalition.Topics:Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church., Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Homophobia--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286213
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Title:Description:"Covenant Connection" newsletter, vol. 1, no. 2, December 1997. Published by the Covenant Network of Presbyterians.Creator:Buchanan, John M., 1938- (author), Bohl, Robert W. (author)Subject names:Covenant Network of Presbyterians--Archives., Covenant Network of Presbyterians.Topics:Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286199
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Title:Description:"Covenant Connection" newsletter, vol. 1, no. 1, November 1997. Published by the Covenant Network of Presbyterians.Creator:Buchanan, John M., 1938- (author), Bohl, Robert W. (author)Subject names:Covenant Network of Presbyterians--Archives., Covenant Network of Presbyterians.Topics:Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286190
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Description:Press release announcing the formation of the Covenant Network.Subject names:Covenant Network of Presbyterians--Archives., Covenant Network of Presbyterians., Buchanan, John M., 1938-, Bohl, Robert W.Topics:Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286188
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Description:Annanda Barclay is an advocate for intersectional justice in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). She has worked for LGBTQIA+ rights and served as Co-Moderator of More Light Presbyterians, a board member of the Spahr Reconciliation Initiative, and has helped plan pastoral candidate retreats with Parity (formerly Presbyterian Welcome). Barclay graduated with her M.Div. from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary in 2014. She is currently working as a pastor at Mission Bay Community Church (San Francisco, CA) and as interim chaplain at the University of the Redlands, while pursuing a full-time career in chaplaincy.Creator:Barclay, Annanda. (interviewee), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer)Subject names:More Light Presbyterians., Presbyterian Welcome (Organization), Barclay, Annanda.Topics:Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays., Ordination of lesbians., African American Presbyterians., Presbyterian women.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286179
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Description:Raymond Bagnuolo was born in November of 1951 and grew up in a Roman Catholic family in the Bronx, New York. Ray spent seventeen years teaching K-12 in the Ossining Public Schools in Ossining, New York. In 1995, he was introduced to That All May Freely Serve and began attending South Presbyterian Church in Dobbs Ferry, New York. In 2005, he was ordained as Minister of Word and Sacrament in the PC(USA), as an openly gay man. Ray accepted a leadership role at That All May Freely Serve in 2013 and spent several years traveling the country and advocating for a fully inclusive church.Creator:Bagnuolo, Raymond. (interviewee), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer)Subject names:That All May Freely Serve (Association), Bagnuolo, Raymond., Spahr, Jane Adams.Topics:Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Ordination of lesbians., Ordination of gays.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286178
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Description:Michael Adee was a member and ordained Elder of Mt. Auburn Presbyterian Church (Cincinnati, Ohio). He also served as the first Field Organizer (later called Executive Director) for More Light Presbyterians from 1999 to 2013.Creator:Adee, Michael. (interviewee), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer)Subject names:More Light Presbyterians., That All May Freely Serve (Association), Spahr, Jane Adams., Adee, Michael.Topics:Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays., Ordination of lesbians.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286177
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Description:Gail Ricciuti and Anthony Ricciuti co-pastored Downtown United Presbyterian Church (Rochester, NY) from 1983 to 1998. Chuck Lundeen was part of the pastor nominating committee which chose Rev. Jane Adams Spahr, a lesbian minister, as pastor of Downtown Church. That All May Freely Serve (TAMFS) began in 1993 after Spahr was banned by the Permanent Judicial Commission from accepting a call to serve as a pastor of Downtown Church. Downtown Church formed TAMFS ministry in response, electing Spahr to serve as a "lesbian evangelist" to the PC(USA), and advocating for the full inclusion of LGBTQIA+ Presbyterians. Ed Saphar worked with Virginia West Davidson to establish Spahr as Downtown Church's "lesbian evangelist."Creator:Ricciuti, Gail Anderson. (interviewee), Ricciuti, Anthony. (interviewee), Saphar, Ed. (interviewee), Lundeen, Chuck. (interviewee)Subject names:That All May Freely Serve (Association), Spahr, Jane Adams., Downtown United Presbyterian Church (Rochester, N.Y.)Topics:Ordination of gays., Ordination of lesbians., Presbyterian women.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:285212
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Description:Peter Oddleifson was an elder at Third Presbyterian Church (Rochester, NY), an attorney who contributed to the national LGBTQ movement for equal ordination rights in the PC(USA), and an early member of That All May Freely Serve (TAMFS). TAMFS began in 1993 after Rev. Jane Adams Spahr, a lesbian minister, was banned by the Permanent Judicial Commission from accepting a call to serve as a pastor of Downtown United Presbyterian Church (Rochester, NY). Downtown Church formed TAMFS ministry in response, electing Spahr to serve as a "lesbian evangelist" to the PC(USA), and advocating for the full inclusion of LGBTQIA+ Presbyterians.Creator:Oddleifson, Peter. (interviewee), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer)Subject names:That All May Freely Serve (Association), Spahr, Jane Adams., Oddleifson, Peter.Topics:Ordination of gays., Ordination of lesbians.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:285211
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Description:Doris VanVechten, Connie Rochelle-Woodley, and Leigh Rochelle-Woodley were active members of That All May Freely Serve (TAMFS). TAMFS began in 1993 after Rev. Jane Adams Spahr, a lesbian minister, was banned by the Permanent Judicial Commission from accepting a call to serve as a pastor of Downtown United Presbyterian Church (Rochester, NY). Downtown Church formed TAMFS ministry in response, electing Spahr to serve as a "lesbian evangelist" to the PC(USA), and advocating for the full inclusion of LGBTQIA+ Presbyterians.Creator:VanVechten, Doris. (interviewee), Rochelle-Woodley, Leigh. (interviewee), Rochelle-Woodley, Connie. (interviewee), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer)Subject names:That All May Freely Serve (Association), Spahr, Jane Adams., Downtown United Presbyterian Church (Rochester, N.Y.)Topics:Ordination of gays., Ordination of lesbians., Presbyterian women.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:285210
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Description:Lundy interviewed by David Staniunas, on her involvement in the Sanctuary movement.Creator:Lundy, Mary Ann. (interviewee), Staniunas, David. (interviewer)Subject names:St. Luke Presbyterian Church (Wayzata, Minn.), Riverside Church (New York, N.Y.), Lundy, Mary Ann.Topics:Sanctuary movement.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:284911
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Description:Pamphlet regarding conscientious objection to the Vietnam War. Published by the Emergency Ministry on Conscience and War.Subject names:United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Emergency Ministry on Conscience and War--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Emergency Ministry on Conscience and War.Topics:Draft--United States--20th century., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Conscientious objectors., Conscientious objection--United States--20th century., Conscientious objection--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church.Geographic subjects:United States--History--Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Conscientious objectors.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:284902
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Title:Description:Written by Ralph D. Nyland, chairman of the Draft Counseling Committee at Pebble Hill Presbyterian Church in DeWitt, New York.Creator:Nyland, Ralph D. (author)Subject names:United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Emergency Ministry on Conscience and War--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbyterian Service Committee for Religious Objectors., Pebble Hill Presbyterian Church (De Witt, N.Y.)Topics:Draft--United States--20th century., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Conscientious objectors., Conscientious objection--United States--20th century., Conscientious objection--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church.Geographic subjects:United States--History--Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Conscientious objectors.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:284897
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Description:Pamphlet regarding conscientious objection to the Vietnam War. Published by the Presbyterian Service Committee for Religious Objectors.Subject names:United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Emergency Ministry on Conscience and War--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbyterian Service Committee for Religious Objectors.Topics:Draft--United States--20th century., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Conscientious objectors., Conscientious objection--United States--20th century., Conscientious objection--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church.Geographic subjects:United States--History--Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Conscientious objectors.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:284884
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Description:Promotional materials for Friendshipment, an American civilian campaign inspired by the need for humanitarian assistance in Vietnam after the war.Subject names:National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Church World Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Church World Service., Friendshipment (Campaign)Topics:Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Religious aspects--Christianity., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Civilian relief., Humanitarian assistance, American--Vietnam.Geographic subjects:Vietnam.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280837
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Description:Video lecture delivered for New York Theological Seminary, 30 March 1988.Creator:Wilmore, Gayraud S. (Gayraud Stephen), 1921-2020. (speaker)Subject names:New York Theological Seminary., Turner, Henry McNeal, 1834-1915.Topics:African American Presbyterians.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280761
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Description:Address delivered at the Christian Action Conference, Montreat, N.C., August 1965.Creator:King, Martin Luther, 1929-1968., Jr. (speaker)Subject names:King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.Topics:Social justice--Religious aspects--Christianity., Racism--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280656
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Description:The Discussion on Crime and Justice Continues by the Rev. Virginia Mackey. A discussion, study, and action resource which calls upon individuals, groups, and congregations in the Presbyterian Church to work towards establishing a restorative criminal justice model that provides a nonviolent alternative to imprisonment.Creator:Mackey, Virginia. (author)Subject names:Presbyterian Criminal Justice Program.Topics:Social justice--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Restorative justice--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280498
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Description:Rev. Oscar Sueing preaching.Creator:Liberation Community Presbyterian Church (Memphis, Tenn.) (creator)Subject names:Sueing, Oscar., Liberation Community Presbyterian Church (Memphis, Tenn.)Topics:Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:182032
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Description:Rev. Oscar Sueing preaching.Creator:Liberation Community Presbyterian Church (Memphis, Tenn.) (creator)Subject names:Sueing, Oscar, Liberation Community Presbyterian Church (Memphis, Tenn.)Topics:Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:182031