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Reflections from That All May Freely Serve members at the 222nd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA), June 18-25, 2016 in Portland, Oregon.
Subject names:
Carter, Ralph C. (Ralph Campbell)--Archives., That All May Freely Serve (Association), Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (222nd : 2016 : Portland, Or.)
Topics:
Ordination of gays--United States., Ordination of lesbians--United States., Same-sex marriage--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church, Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects:
Portland (Or.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346606
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Laird J. Stuart delivers a sermon at First Presbyterian Church, Portland, Oregon, March 14, 2010.
Creator:
Stuart, Laird J., 1933-2018. (speaker)
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:140885
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School hours are informal but give kids a chance to get with it, educationally speaking. (The man sitting in for "teacher" here is Rev. Samuel Johnson, a Pentecostal preacher.) [Images from Presbyterian Life, 15 May 1967 article on Portland, Oregon, outreach to black youth and Albina neighborhood.]
Creator:
Delano Photographics (Portland, Or.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Johnson, Samuel.
Topics:
African Americans--Missions--Oregon--Portland., City missions--Oregon--Portland.
Geographic subjects:
Albina (Portland, Or.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:71690
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Out-of-school teenagers are tough nuts to crack, but C-CAP [Church-Community Action Program] youth worker Frank T. Fair over 8-month period has won their confidence. [Images from Presbyterian Life, 15 May 1967 article on Portland, Oregon, outreach to black youth and Albina neighborhood.]
Creator:
Delano Photographics (Portland, Or.) (photographer)
Topics:
City missions--Oregon--Portland., African Americans--Missions--Oregon--Portland.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:71689
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Some of the "new Breed" crew load up for a moving job. They cart furniture for needy families, get small fee from welfare agency. [Images from Presbyterian Life, 15 May 1967 article on Portland, Oregon, outreach to black youth and Albina neighborhood.]
Creator:
Delano Photographics (Portland, Or.) (photographer)
Topics:
African Americans--Missions--Oregon--Portland., City missions--Oregon--Portland.
Geographic subjects:
Albina (Portland, Or.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:71688
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C-CAP [Church-Community Action Program] headquarters occupy a storefront on Fremont St., are (is?) flanked by modest dwellings that make up the largely-Negro Albina section. Jessie M. Varner (right) assistant director checks schedule with her helper, Iantha Buchanan, a schoolgirl released for daytime work through poverty program's Neighborhood Youth Center. She attends school at night. [Images from Presbyterian Life, 15 May 1967 article on Portland, Oregon, outreach to black youth and Albina neighborhood.]
Creator:
Delano Photographics (Portland, Or.) (photographer)
Topics:
African Americans--Missions--Oregon--Portland., City missions--Oregon--Portland.
Geographic subjects:
Albina (Portland, Or.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:71687
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Rev. John W. Brooks (left), urban church specialist for Synod of Oregon, and Rev. J. Dwight Russell, synod executive, stand in front of Interchurch Center. Another evidence of Portland's ecumenical spirit, the building houses Presbyterian offices, state and city councils of churches and headquarters of several other denominations. [Image from Presbyterian Life, 15 May 1967 article on Portland, Oregon, outreach to black youth and Albina neighborhood.]
Creator:
Delano Photographics (Portland, Or.) (photographer)
Topics:
African Americans--Missions--Oregon--Portland., City missions--Oregon--Portland.
Geographic subjects:
Albina (Portland, Or.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:71686
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Frank Fair (left) holds street conversation with Albina youth. [Image from Presbyterian Life, 15 May 1967 article on Portland, Oregon, regarding outreach to black youth and Albina neighborhood.]
Creator:
Delano Photographics (Portland, Or.) (photographer)
Topics:
African Americans--Missions--Oregon--Portland., City missions--Oregon--Portland.
Geographic subjects:
Albina (Portland, Or.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:71685
Description:
Portland, Oregon. [Image from Presbyterian Life, 15 May 1967 article on Portland, Oregon, regarding outreach to black youth and Albina neighborhood.]
Creator:
Delano Photographics (Portland, Or.) (photographer)
Geographic subjects:
Albina (Portland, Or.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:71684
Description:
Portland, Oregon. [Image from Presbyterian Life, 15 May 1967 article on Portland, Oregon, regarding outreach to black youth and Albina neighborhood.]
Creator:
Delano Photographics (Portland, Or.) (photographer)
Geographic subjects:
Albina (Portland, Or.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:71683
Description:
CORAR (Commission on Religion and Race) display at the National Assembly.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (179th : 1967 : Portland, Ore.)
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Exhibitions.
Geographic subjects:
Portland (Or.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5390
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Last Hope for Racial Rapprochement -- 'Christianity': Christianity holds the last hope "for peaceful rapprochement between white and non-white peoples of the globe," the famed German Protestant churchman, Dr. Martin Niemoeller (center), declared in an address before the policy-making General Board of the National Council of Churches at Portland, Ore. Greeting Dr. Niemoeller is Bishop Reuben H. Mueller of the Evangelical United Brethren Church, president of the NCC, and at left is Dr. R.H. Edwin Espy, NCC general secretary.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (creator)
Subject names:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Espy, R. H. Edwin, 1908-, Niemöller, Martin, 1892-1984., Mueller, Reuben Herbert, 1897-1982.
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Portland (Or.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4936
Description:
"Death of a church" protest at 179th General Assembly, Portland, Oregon, 22 May 1967.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (179th : 1967 : Portland, Or.), McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002.
Topics:
Demonstrations--Oregon--Portland.
Geographic subjects:
Portland (Or.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4869
Description:
"Death of a church" protest at 179th General Assembly, Portland, Oregon, 22 May 1967.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (179th : 1967 : Portland, Or.), McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002.
Topics:
Demonstrations--Oregon--Portland.
Geographic subjects:
Portland (Or.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4868
Description:
"Death of a church" protest at 179th General Assembly, Portland, Oregon, 22 May 1967.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (179th : 1967 : Portland, Or.), McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002.
Topics:
Demonstrations--Oregon--Portland.
Geographic subjects:
Portland (Or.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4867
Description:
"Death of a church" protest at 179th General Assembly, Portland, Oregon, 22 May 1967.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (179th : 1967 : Portland, Or.), McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002.
Topics:
Demonstrations--Oregon--Portland.
Geographic subjects:
Portland (Or.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4866

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