Description:
Greg Partridge, Doug Potter, and Mary Rees were all active members of That
All May Freely Serve (TAMFS). Mary Rees and Doug Potter both served as
co-moderators of the organization. Greg Partridge was editor of the TAMFS
newsletter. 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:
Partridge, Greg. (interviewee), Potter, Doug (interviewee), Rees, Mary. (interviewee), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer)
Subject names:
That All May Freely Serve (Association), Downtown United Presbyterian Church (Rochester, N.Y.), Spahr, Jane Adams.
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church--20th century., Ordination of gays., Ordination of lesbians., Presbyterian women.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:177191
