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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:
Restorative Actions.
Description:
Web site of Restorative Actions, a grass roots voluntary initiative for churches, individuals, mid-councils, and agencies of the Presbyterian Church (USA) as well as other ecumenical partners and interested organizations, to take a leadership stance in opposition to racism and racial privilege. Its premise is that it would be right and fair for predominantly white churches and affiliated organizations to return benefits that have accrued to them directly or indirectly from systemic inequities.
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:288194
Title:
NEXT Church.
Description:
Web site for NEXT Church. NEXT is a network of leaders — church members, ruling elders, youth leaders, educators, pastors, seminarians and professors — across the Presbyterian Church (USA) who believe the church of the future will be more relational, more diverse, more collaborative, more hopeful and more agile. They provide hopeful space for robust conversations about the theology, culture, and the practice of ministry, support strong, faithful leadership in a time of adaptive change, and encourage collaboration and creativity across congregations and geographies.
Creator:
NEXT Church. (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Race relations--Religious aspects--Presbyterians.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:177406
Title:
Abolitionist Advent.
Description:
Web site for Abolitionist Advent, a collaboration between three organizations (Fellowship of Reconciliation, More Light Presbyterians, and Presbyterian Peace Fellowship) and additional thought-partners Rev. Lindsay Anderson, Myles Markham, Minister Candace Simpson, and Rev. Annanda Barclay.
Creator:
Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) (creator), More Light Presbyterians. (creator), Presbyterian Peace Fellowship. (creator), Anderson, Lindsay. (contributor), Markham, Myles. (contributor), Simpson, Candace. (contributor), Barclay, Annanda. (contributor)
Subject names:
Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.), More Light Presbyterians., Presbyterian Peace Fellowship., Anderson, Lindsay., Markham, Myles., Simpson, Candace., Barclay, Annanda.
Topics:
Police--United States., Prisons--United States., Abolitionists--United States., Prison reform--United States.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:177405
Title:
PresProm Index.
Description:
Web site for administrative documentation of Presbyterian Promise, a ministry to proclaim God's promise of justice and love in Jesus Christ by organizing inclusive and inquiring churches in the Presbytery of Southern New England into a community of mutual support for the empowerment of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender persons, and for outreach, education, and Christian evangelism.
Creator:
Presbyterian Promise. (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbytery of Southern New England., Presbyterian Promise.
Topics:
Church work with gays--United States., Gay rights--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Christian sexual minorities--United States., Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Christianity., Christian gays--United States., Christian lesbians--United States., Bisexuals--United States., Christian transgender people--United States.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:154007
Title:
Rev. Janie Spahr Trial Updates.
Description:
Rev. Janie Spahr's personal Web site covering news related to her trial for performing same-sex marriages.
Creator:
Spahr, Jane Adams. (creator)
Subject names:
Spahr, Jane Adams., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbytery of the Redwoods.
Topics:
Lesbian clergy--United States., Gay rights--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Church work with gays--United States., Sexual orientation--Religious aspects--Christianity., Christian sexual minorities--United States., Same-sex marriage--United States.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:142522
Title:
Richard P. Poethig Web site.
Description:
Biographical Web site of Richard P. Poethig, including Poethig's autobiographical writings, audio and video oral histories, and photographs from his life.
Creator:
Poethig, Richard P. (creator)
Subject names:
Poethig, Richard P., Poethig, Eunice Blanchard.
Topics:
Missions--Philippines., Missionaries--Philippines., Missions--Industrial work., Presbyterian Church--Clergy.
Geographic subjects:
Philippines.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:133234
Title:
On the Sidewalks of New York.
Description:
Web site of Richard Paul Poethig, including full text of his memoir, "On the Sidewalks of New York," and other writings; audio of Poethig reading his memoir; photographs of Poethig and his family; and Poethig's blog.
Creator:
Poethig, Richard P. (creator)
Subject names:
Poethig, Richard P., Poethig, Eunice Blanchard.
Topics:
Missions--Philippines., Missionaries--Philippines., Missions--Industrial work., Presbyterian Church--Clergy.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:133233
Title:
One By One.
Description:
Web site of One By One, a denominational ministry that exists to educate and equip churches to minister to those who desire freedom from unwanted same-sex attraction, sexual addiction, and the effects of sexual abuse. They refer individuals and families to support groups, counselors, and conferences. One By One has a Church Network, a list of churches where you can share your struggle and journey. These churches provide a contact person who will talk with you and welcome you to their church.
Creator:
One By One. (creator)
Subject names:
One By One.
Topics:
Church work with gays--United States., Sexual orientation--Religious aspects--Christianity., Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Christianity., Heterosexism--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:130140
Title:
PC(USA) Office of Public Witness.
Description:
Blog of the Presbyterian Office of Public Witness, the public policy information and advocacy office of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Its task is to advocate, and help the church to advocate, the social witness perspectives and policies of the Presbyterian General Assembly. Here, you can read about the advocacy work of the PC(USA) OPW.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly. (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Office of Public Witness.
Topics:
Christianity and politics--Presbyterian Church., Church and social problems--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:130122
Title:
More Light Presbyterians.
Description:
Web site of More Light Presbyterians. More Light Presbyterians works for the full participation of LGBTQ people in the Presbyterian Church (USA) and in society.
Creator:
More Light Presbyterians. (creator)
Subject names:
More Light Presbyterians.
Topics:
Church work with gays--United States., Gay rights--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Sexual orientation--Religious aspects--Christianity., Lesbian clergy--United States., Gay clergy--United States., Christian sexual minorities--United States.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:130120
Title:
NCKPC소개.
Description:
Web site of the National Caucus of Korean Presbyterian Churches.
Creator:
National Caucus of Korean Presbyterian Churches. (creator)
Subject names:
National Caucus of Korean Presbyterian Churches.
Topics:
Korean American churches., Korean American Presbyterians.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:130112
Title:
NMEPCUSA.org.
Description:
Web site of the National Middle Eastern Presbyterian Caucus (NMEPC). NMEPC assists presbyteries in forming new worshiping communities for Middle Eastern immigrants, coordinates leadership training events for clergy and laity, creates and produces language-specific resources, advocates for the participation of women and youth in all ordained leadership roles in the church, and acts as a bridge of dialogue promoting educational and cultural understanding.
Creator:
National Middle Eastern Presbyterian Caucus (U.S.A.) (creator)
Subject names:
National Middle Eastern Presbyterian Caucus (U.S.A.)
Topics:
Church work with immigrants--Presbyterian Church., Church work with minorities--Presbyterian Church., Middle Eastern Americans.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:130107
Title:
National Black Presbyterian Caucus (NBPC).
Description:
Web site of the National Black Presbyterian Caucus (NBPC). NBPC is committed to Jesus Christ and works to ensure that the witness of Presbyterians of African decent is healthy, growing, dynamic and empowering; that racial justice is integral in the church's self-understanding and lived out in every aspect of ministry within the Presbyterian Church. Transformational church growth and leadership development also remains a high priority for the NBPC.
Creator:
National Black Presbyterian Caucus. (creator)
Subject names:
National Black Presbyterian Caucus.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians--United States., African American Presbyterian churches--United States., African American civil rights workers--United States., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:130077
Title:
Presbyterian Promise.
Description:
Web site of Presbyterian Promise, a ministry to proclaim God's promise of justice and love in Jesus Christ by organizing inclusive and inquiring churches in the Presbytery of Southern New England into a community of mutual support for the empowerment of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender persons, and for outreach, education, and Christian evangelism.
Creator:
Presbyterian Promise. (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbytery of Southern New England.
Topics:
Church work with gays--United States., Gay rights--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Christian gays--United States., Christian transgender people--United States., Bisexuals--United States., Christian lesbians--United States., Homosexuality--Christianity.--Religious aspects
Geographic subjects:
Northeastern States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:130074
Title:
That All May Freely Serve.
Description:
Web site of That All May Freely Serve (TAMFS), 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). TAMFS works to resist and transform structures and systems of injustice by being present and engaged– pastorally and as advocates– during these times of transition in the Presbyterian Church (USA). TAMFS joins in solidarity in making the connections with those disenfranchised by racism, classism, sexism, heterosexism, ageism, ablebodyism, gender identity oppression, eco-exploitation, militarism, and all other structures of exploitation and oppression through the lens of our social location. It focuses on the liberation from religious prejudice and exclusionary church policies.
Creator:
That All May Freely Serve (Association) (creator)
Subject names:
That All May Freely Serve (Association)
Topics:
Church work with gays--United States., Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church., Gay rights--Presbyterian Church.--Religious aspects, Sexual orientation--Christianity.--Religious aspects, Christian sexual minorities--United States., Christian gays--United States., Christian lesbians--United States., Christian transgender people--United States., Bisexuals--United States.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:130049
Title:
Fossil Free PCUSA.
Description:
Web site of Fossil Free PCUSA (FFPCUSA), a project of Presbyterian Peace Fellowship (PPF). Members and friends of the Presbyterian Church (USA) have responded to the call to care for God's good creation since 2012 by asking the denomination to divest from the fossil fuel industry. In 2014, the leadership of FFPCUSA and representatives from 12 concurring presbyteries traveled to General Assembly in Detroit to present an overture to divest. This overture was sent to the Mission Responsibility Through Investment (MRTI) committee for further study. In 2016, the support for an updated overture grew to 31 concurring presbyteries. The overture was passed in committee at the 2016 General Assembly but eventually was again sent to MRTI. In 2017, FFPCUSA became an official project of PPF, acknowledging that the work of ecojustice is entangled with peacemaking. The work continues to grow, in collaboration with people across the denomination, but focused on a commitment to divest from the industry that has contributed the most to climate change.
Creator:
Presbyterian Peace Fellowship. (creator)
Subject names:
Fossil Free PC(U.S.A.), Presbyterian Peace Fellowship.
Topics:
Fossil fuels--United States., Corporate divestiture--United States., Green movement--United States.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:129974
Title:
Unbound:
Description:
Unbound: An Interactive Journal of Christian Social Justice (\u201cUnbound\u201d) is an online journal and community that examines, expresses, and provokes social justice as inspired by the prophetic gospel of Jesus Christ. As both a journal and a forum for conversation, action and community building, Unbound is at once the inheritor of the print journal Church and Society (98 years running) and the innovator of an interactive approach to supporting social ministry. The journal is freely available, and four to six times a year, it issues a theme-based collection of articles written by academics, clergy, lay-leaders, and practitioners.
Topics:
Social justice--Religious aspects--Christianity., Electronic journals., Electronic discussion groups., Christian literature.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:129948
Title:
Presbyterians Protecting Life.
Description:
Web site of Presbyterians Protecting Life (PPL), an independent, nonprofit corporation made up of members and pastors in congregations in the Presbyterian and Reformed family of churches. PPL is committed to strengthening the bonds of family love and nurture, and to protecting innocent life. PPL offers a variety of written resources to the broader Christian community to help Christians approach matters of life and sexuality from the perspective of biblical faith.
Creator:
Presbyterians Pro-Life. (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterians Pro-Life.
Topics:
Pro-life movement--United States., Abortion--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Sexual orientation--Religious aspects--Christianity., Euthanasia--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Homophobia--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Stem cells--Research--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:129942
Title:
Presbyterian Peace Fellowship.
Description:
Web site of the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship, a wide network of peacemakers who engage issues of both national and international import. The Presbyterian Peace Fellowship started in the 1940s as a group that provided support to Conscientious Objectors to World War II, a war in which objection was quite unpopular. Since then, they have continued to be a prophetic voice in our church, urging the abolition of war and encouraging our sisters and brothers to enact peace in the midst of our broken world. They have helped lead the PC(USA) to take bold stances in the face of violence.
Creator:
Presbyterian Peace Fellowship. (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Peace Fellowship.
Topics:
Pacifism--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Peace--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Nonviolence--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Gun control--United States., Arab-Israeli conflict.
Geographic subjects:
Stony Point (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:129909
Title:
Covenant Network of Presbyterians.
Description:
The Covenant Network of Presbyterians is a broad-based, national group of clergy and lay leaders working for a church that is simultaneously faithful, just, and whole. The Covenant Network seeks to strengthen the church of Jesus Christ by working for the unity of the church, furthering the inclusion of LGBTQ persons, seeking understanding and reconciliation, and joining with others seeking a still more just and inclusive church.
Creator:
Covenant Network of Presbyterians. (creator)
Subject names:
Covenant Network of Presbyterians.
Topics:
Church work with gays--Presbyterian Church., Lesbian clergy--United States., Gay clergy--United States., Gay rights--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Sexual orientation--Religious aspects--Christianity., Christian sexual minorities--United States.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:129903

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