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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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Title:Description:Friday worship, August 4, 2000, Carter Heyward preaching.Creator:Covenant Network of Presbyterians., Heyward, Carter. (speaker)Topics:Homosexuality--Religious Aspects--Presbyterian Church--20th century., Gay clergy--United States--Presbyterian Church--20th century., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church--20th century., Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church--20th century.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:284879
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Description:Bertram Johnson became the first openly gay African American to be ordained as a pastor in the PC(USA) in 2014. He grew up Baptist, attended Mt. Baker Park Presbyterian Church (Seattle, Washington), and was ordained at Madrona Grace Presbyterian Church (Seattle, Washington) as a Teaching Elder in 2014.Creator:Johnson, Bertram. (interviewee), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer), Prescott, Sonia. (interviewer)Subject names:Madrona Grace Presbyterian Church (Seattle, Wash.), Presbyterian Welcome (Organization), Johnson, Bertram.Topics:Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays., Ordination of lesbians., African American Presbyterians.Geographic subjects:Seattle (Wash.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:281973
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Description:An account of United States interventions in Central America in the 1980s, "viewed through the perspectives of the churches" "Creator:National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Friendship PressTopics:Iran-Contra Affair, 1985-1990.Geographic subjects:Nicaragua -- History -- Revolution, 1979., El Salvador -- History -- Civil War, 1979-1992.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:281972
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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: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
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Creator:WLS-TV (Television station : Chicago, Ill.) (creator)Subject names:Hope Presbyterian Church (Wheaton, Ill.)Topics:Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.Geographic subjects:Wheaton (Ill.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181727
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Description:"The Fierce Urgency of Now," by Rev. Mark Sandlin.Creator:Covenant Presbyterian Church (Greensboro, N.C.) (creator), Sandlin, Mark. (speaker)Subject names:Covenant Presbyterian Church (Greensboro, N.C.)Topics:Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.Geographic subjects:Greensboro (N.C.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181726
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Description:"Peace, Peace, Where There Is No Peace," by Rev. Rodney Sadler Jr.Creator:Memorial Presbyterian Church (Charlotte, N.C.) (creator), Sadler, Rodney, Jr. (speaker)Subject names:Memorial Presbyterian Church (Charlotte, N.C.)Topics:Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.Geographic subjects:Charlotte (N.C.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181725
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Creator:Cedar Park Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Pentecost worship, 2020 (creator)Subject names:Cedar Park Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Pentecost worship, 2020Topics:Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.Geographic subjects:Philadelphia (Pa.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181724
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Description:On the church's Black Lives Matter banner and discussions with the San Francisco Police Department.Creator:Calvary Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.) (creator)Subject names:Calvary Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.)Topics:Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.Geographic subjects:San Francisco (Calif.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181723
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Description:Worship in wake of Philadelphia police murder of Walter Wallace Jr.Creator:Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (creator)Subject names:Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)Topics:Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.Geographic subjects:Philadelphia (Pa.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181722
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Description:Prayer video in wake of Philadelphia police murder of Walter Wallace Jr.Creator:Supplee Presbyterian Church (Maple Glen, Pa.) (creator)Subject names:Supplee Presbyterian Church (Maple Glen, Pa.)Topics:Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.Geographic subjects:Montgomery County (Pa.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181721
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Creator:Woodland Presbyterian Church (Charlotte, N.C.) (creator)Subject names:Woodland Presbyterian Church (Charlotte, N.C.)Topics:Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.Geographic subjects:Charlotte (N.C.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181720
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Description:News coverage of PC(USA) vigil for Breonna Taylor.Subject names:Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Nelson, J. Herbert, II.Topics:Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.Geographic subjects:Louisville (Ky.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181719
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Creator:Westwood Presbyterian Church (Louisville, Ky.) (creator)Subject names:Westwood Presbyterian Church (Louisville, Ky.)Topics:Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.Geographic subjects:Louisville (Ky.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181718
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Creator:Trinity Emaniel Presbyterian Church (Rochester, N.Y.) (creator), Jackson, Julius. (speaker)Subject names:Trinity Emaniel Presbyterian Church (Rochester, N.Y.)Topics:Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.Geographic subjects:Rochester (N.Y.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181717