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Title:
Bear Ride and Susan Craig oral history, 2024.
Description:
Bear Ride is a Presbyterian minister, raised in First Presbyterian Church (Santa Monica, Calif.), and ordained in 1978 by the Presbytery of the Pacific. She's the younger sister of Dr. Sally Ride. Susan Halcomb Craig is a Presbyterian minister, ordained in 1987 by the Presbytery of Utica. The two met at San Francisco Theological Seminary, and served in campus ministry at the United University Church (Los Angeles, Calif.). The couple have been active in LGBTQ liberation struggles in the Presbyterian and United Methodist churches since the 1970s.
Creator:
Ride, Bear, 1953- (interviewee), Craig, Susan Halcomb, 1942- (interviewee)
Subject names:
More Light Presbyterians, United University Church (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353355
Title:
James Costen Sr. interviewed by James Costen Jr., Interdenominational Theological Center, 1998.
Creator:
Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003. (interviewee), Costen, James Hutten, 1955-2018. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Interdenominational Theological Center (Atlanta, Ga.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American Christian educators., African American clergy.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348016
Title:
Christine Westberg oral history, 2022.
Description:
Oral history interview with Christine Westberg, a former student of the Community School in Tehran, Iran. Interview conducted by Matthew K. Shannon as part of the Community School Oral History Project.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346877
Title:
Cliff Kirkpatrick oral history, 2023.
Description:
Oral history of Stated Clerk Emeritus Cliff Kirkpatrick interviewed by Rev. Dr. Neal Presa and recorded via Zoom by Randy Hobson of OGA Communications on July 24 and 25, 2023 and September 7, 2023. The Rev. Dr. Clifton Kirkpatrick is an ordained minister who served for fifteen years as the Director of the Worldwide Ministries Division before becoming Stated Clerk. He served in this capacity from 1996-2008 and, at the conclusion of his service, was elected by the General Assembly as Stated Clerk Emeritus. His other leadership roles included Co-moderator of the General Assembly Special Committee on the Belhar Confession and member of the Board of Directors of the Covenant Network of Presbyterians. Kirkpatrick attended Davidson College (BA), Yale University (MDiv), and McCormick Theological Seminary (DMin).
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346664
Title:
Zohreh Kazemi-Dunn oral history, 2022.
Description:
Oral history interview with Zohre Kazemi-Dunn, a former student of the Community School in Tehran, Iran. Interview conducted by Matthew K. Shannon as part of the Community School Oral History Project.
Creator:
Shannon, Matthew K., 1983- (interviewer), Kazemi-Dunn, Zohreh. (interviewee)
Subject names:
Community School (Tehran, Iran), Kazemi-Dunn, Zohreh.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Iran--Tehran., Community schools--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects:
Tehran (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346662
Title:
Warren Groves oral history, 2022.
Description:
Oral history interview with Warren Groves, a former student of the Community School in Tehran, Iran. Interview conducted by Matthew K. Shannon as part of the Community School Oral History Project.
Creator:
Shannon, Matthew K., 1983- (interviewer), Groves, Warren. (interviewee)
Subject names:
Community School (Tehran, Iran), Groves, Warren.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Iran--Tehran., Community schools--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects:
Tehran (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346661
Title:
Stephen Arpee and Janet Arpee oral history, 2022.
Description:
Oral history interview with Stephen Arpee, a former teacher of the Community School in Tehran, Iran, and Janet Arpee, a former staff member of the Community School. Interview conducted by Matthew K. Shannon as part of the Community School Oral History Project.
Creator:
Shannon, Matthew K., 1983- (interviewer), Arpee, Stephen. (interviewee), Arpee, Janet. (interviewee)
Subject names:
Community School (Tehran, Iran), Arpee, Stephen., Arpee, Janet.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Iran--Tehran., Community schools--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects:
Tehran (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346660
Title:
Sarah McNair-Grove oral history, 2022.
Description:
Oral history interview with Sarah McNair-Grove, a former student of the Community School in Tehran, Iran. Interview conducted by Matthew K. Shannon as part of the Community School Oral History Project.
Creator:
Shannon, Matthew K., 1983- (interviewer), McNair-Grove, Sarah. (interviewee)
Subject names:
Community School (Tehran, Iran), McNair-Grove, Sarah.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Iran--Tehran., Community schools--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects:
Tehran (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346659
Title:
Margaret Frame oral history, 2022.
Description:
Oral history interview with Margaret Frame, a former student of the Community School in Tehran, Iran. Interview conducted by Matthew K. Shannon as part of the Community School Oral History Project.
Creator:
Shannon, Matthew K., 1983- (interviewer), Frame, Margaret A. (interviewee)
Subject names:
Community School (Tehran, Iran), Frame, Margaret A.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Iran--Tehran., Community schools--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects:
Tehran (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346658
Title:
Jonathan Frey oral history, 2022.
Description:
Oral history interview with Jonathan Frey, a former student of the Community School in Tehran, Iran. Interview conducted by Matthew K. Shannon as part of the Community School Oral History Project.
Creator:
Shannon, Matthew K., 1983- (interviewer), Frey, Jonathan. (interviewee)
Subject names:
Community School (Tehran, Iran), Frey, Jonathan.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Iran--Tehran., Community schools--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects:
Tehran (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346657
Title:
Debbie Mabis oral history, 2022.
Description:
Oral history interview with Debbie Mabis, a former student of the Community School in Tehran, Iran. Interview conducted by Matthew K. Shannon as part of the Community School Oral History Project.
Creator:
Shannon, Matthew K., 1983- (interviewer), Mabis, Debbie. (interviewee)
Subject names:
Community School (Tehran, Iran), Mabis, Debbie.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Iran--Tehran., Community schools--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects:
Tehran (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346656
Title:
Christine Westberg oral history, 2022.
Description:
Oral history interview with Christine Westberg, a former student of the Community School in Tehran, Iran. Interview conducted by Matthew K. Shannon as part of the Community School Oral History Project.
Creator:
Shannon, Matthew K., 1983- (interviewer), Westberg, Christine. (interviewee)
Subject names:
Community School (Tehran, Iran), Westberg, Christine.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Iran--Tehran., Community schools--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects:
Tehran (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346655
Title:
Cliff Kirkpatrick oral history, 2023.
Description:
Oral history of Stated Clerk Emeritus Cliff Kirkpatrick interviewed by Rev. Dr. Neal Presa and recorded via Zoom by Randy Hobson of OGA Communications on September 7, 2023. The Rev. Dr. Clifton Kirkpatrick is an ordained minister who served for fifteen years as the Director of the Worldwide Ministries Division before becoming Stated Clerk. He served in this capacity from 1996-2008 and, at the conclusion of his service, was elected by the General Assembly as Stated Clerk Emeritus. His other leadership roles included Co-moderator of the General Assembly Special Committee on the Belhar Confession and member of the Board of Directors of the Covenant Network of Presbyterians. Kirkpatrick attended Davidson College (BA), Yale University (MDiv), and McCormick Theological Seminary (DMin).
Creator:
Kirkpatrick, Clifton, 1945- (interviewee), Presa, Neal D. (interviewer), Hobson, Randy. (recording engineer)
Subject names:
Kirkpatrick, Clifton, 1945-, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly. Office of the Stated Clerk., Covenant Network of Presbyterians.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Church officers., Presbyterian Church--Clergy., Church leadership--Presbyterian Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346654
Title:
Cliff Kirkpatrick oral history, 2023.
Description:
Oral history of Stated Clerk Emeritus Cliff Kirkpatrick interviewed by Rev. Dr. Neal Presa and recorded via Zoom by Randy Hobson of OGA Communications on July 25, 2023. The Rev. Dr. Clifton Kirkpatrick is an ordained minister who served for fifteen years as the Director of the Worldwide Ministries Division before becoming Stated Clerk. He served in this capacity from 1996-2008 and, at the conclusion of his service, was elected by the General Assembly as Stated Clerk Emeritus. His other leadership roles included Co-moderator of the General Assembly Special Committee on the Belhar Confession and member of the Board of Directors of the Covenant Network of Presbyterians. Kirkpatrick attended Davidson College (BA), Yale University (MDiv), and McCormick Theological Seminary (DMin).
Creator:
Kirkpatrick, Clifton, 1945- (interviewee), Presa, Neal D. (interviewer), Hobson, Randy. (recording engineer)
Subject names:
Kirkpatrick, Clifton, 1945-, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly. Office of the Stated Clerk., Covenant Network of Presbyterians.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Church officers., Presbyterian Church--Clergy., Church leadership--Presbyterian Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346653
Title:
Cliff Kirkpatrick oral history, 2023.
Description:
Oral history of Stated Clerk Emeritus Cliff Kirkpatrick interviewed by Rev. Dr. Neal Presa and recorded via Zoom by Randy Hobson of OGA Communications on July 24, 2023. The Rev. Dr. Clifton Kirkpatrick is an ordained minister who served for fifteen years as the Director of the Worldwide Ministries Division before becoming Stated Clerk. He served in this capacity from 1996-2008 and, at the conclusion of his service, was elected by the General Assembly as Stated Clerk Emeritus. His other leadership roles included Co-moderator of the General Assembly Special Committee on the Belhar Confession and member of the Board of Directors of the Covenant Network of Presbyterians. Kirkpatrick attended Davidson College (BA), Yale University (MDiv), and McCormick Theological Seminary (DMin).
Creator:
Kirkpatrick, Clifton, 1945- (interviewee), Presa, Neal D. (interviewer), Hobson, Randy. (recording engineer)
Subject names:
Kirkpatrick, Clifton, 1945-, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly. Office of the Stated Clerk., Covenant Network of Presbyterians.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Church officers., Presbyterian Church--Clergy., Church leadership--Presbyterian Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346652
Title:
Holly and KC Clark-Porter oral history, 2023.
Description:
Reverend Holly Clark-Porter and Reverend KC Clark-Porter discuss growing up in Texas; attendance of Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary; their joint ordination service at First & Central Presbyterian Church in Wilmington, Delaware (Newcastle Presbytery); the pastoral capacities in which they've served the Church; and the barriers they faced during their ordinations and ministerial work. They reflect on the fight for marriage and ordination rights of LGBTQIA+ Presbyterians within the Church. Additionally, KC reflects on coming out as trans and life as a transgender man.
Creator:
Clark-Porter, Holly. (interviewee), Clark-Porter, KC. (interviewee), Shilstut, Natalie. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Clark-Porter, Holly., Clark-Porter, KC., Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary., Presbyterian Welcome (Organization), First & Central Presbyterian Church (Wilmington, Del.)
Topics:
Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Homophobia., Same-sex marriage--Religious aspects--Presbyterians., Transgender men.
Geographic subjects:
El Paso (Tex.), Wilmington (Del.), Fredonia (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345294
Title:
Interview of Dean H. Lewis by R. Douglas Brackenridge, Tape 3, Side 1.
Description:
Cassette tape 3, side 1 of an interview recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from March 11 to 12, 1988. Dean Lewis discusses social pronouncements of the General Assembly and Presbyterians' history of supporting education. Part of a 5 cassette tape set.
Creator:
Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021. (interviewee), Brackenridge, R. Douglas. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly.
Topics:
Church and the world., Social policy., Church polity.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345268
Title:
Interview of Dean H. Lewis by R. Douglas Brackenridge, Tape 2, Side 2.
Description:
Cassette tape 2, side 2 of an interview recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from March 11 to 12, 1988. Dean Lewis discusses the work of the Advisory Council on Church and Society, including the creation of task forces. Lewis also discusses commissioners' resolutions at general assemblies, the General Assembly Mission Council, and other aspects of church polity. Part of a 5 cassette tape set.
Creator:
Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021. (interviewee), Brackenridge, R. Douglas. (interviewer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Advisory Council on Church and Society., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education. Department of Church and Society., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly Mission Council.
Topics:
Church and the world., Social policy., Church polity.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345267
Title:
Gary Demarest interview, 2023.
Description:
Interview questions generated by Nick Skaggs and answered through typewritten responses by Gary Demarest (July 2022-August 2023). Rev. Dr. Gary Demarest was born on January 16, 1926 to Garrett and Viola Rusthoi Demarest. He was raised in California and as a Baptist. He attended Fuller Theological Seminary (Pasadena, California) and graduated in 1950. He was ordained in the Presbytery of Seattle in 1952. Demarest served the Church in several pastoral capacities, and he was also the Director of Evangelism for the General Assembly from 1988 to 1993. He co-chaired the Theological Task Force on Peace, Unity, and Purity of the Church. Interview covers Demarest's early life as a Baptist; attendance of Fuller Theological Seminary; ordination in Seattle Presbytery; work with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes; appointment as Director of Evangelism for the General Assembly; and co-chairing the Theological Task Force on Peace, Unity, and Purity of the Church.
Creator:
Demarest, Gary W. (interviewee), Skaggs, Nicholas A. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Fellowship of Christian Athletes., Fuller Theological Seminary., Presbyterian Church (La Canada, Calif.), Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Evangelism and Church Development., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbytery of Western New York., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Theological Task Force on Peace, Unity, and Purity of the Church., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Task Force on Central America., University Presbyterian Church (Seattle, Wash.), Demarest, Gary W.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Clergy.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344686
Title:
Interview of Dean H. Lewis by R. Douglas Brackenridge, Tape 2, Side 1.
Description:
Cassette tape 2, side 1 of an interview recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from March 11 to 12, 1988. Dean Lewis discusses the functions of the Advisory Council on Church and Society and the processes of establishing task forces. Part of a 5 cassette tape set.
Creator:
Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021. (interviewee), Brackenridge, R. Douglas. (interviewer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Advisory Council on Church and Society., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Task Force to Study Homosexuality.
Topics:
Church and the world., Social policy., Church polity.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344680

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