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