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Title: Mark Davidson oral history, 2023
Description: Oral history by Mark Davidson, former pastor of the Church of Reconciliation (Chapel Hill, N.C.), on the congregation's advocacy for a just peace in Israel Palestine and their 2012 sponsorship of a city bus advertisement by the U.S. Campaign to End the Occupation / U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights.
Creator Name(s): Davidson, Mark
Date Created: 2023, February 9, 2023, February 9, 2023
Name Subject(s): Church of Reconciliation (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
Topical Subject(s): Human rights advocacy--Palestine--Religious aspects
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 23-0212; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
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Identifier (local): 23_0212_Davidson
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:309420

Title: J. Herbert Nelson II oral history, 2023
Description: Interview of J. Herbert Nelson II, taken 13 January 2023, on his time at Liberation Community Church (Memphis, Tenn.)
Creator Name(s): Nelson, J. Herbert II, 1959- (interviewee)
Date Created: 2023, January 13, 2023, January 13, 2023
Name Subject(s): Liberation Community Church (Memphis, Tenn.)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians, Afrocentrism, Racism--United States
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 23-0107; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
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Identifier (local): 23-0107_NelsonII
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:309059

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 Name(s): Clark-Porter, Holly. (interviewee), Clark-Porter, KC. (interviewee), Shilstut, Natalie. (interviewer)
Date Created: 2023, July 18, 2023, July 18, 2023
Name Subject(s): Clark-Porter, Holly., Clark-Porter, KC., Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary., Presbyterian Welcome (Organization), First & Central Presbyterian Church (Wilmington, Del.)
Topical Subject(s): 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.), North and Central America--United States--New York--Chautauqua--Fredonia, North and Central America--United States--Delaware--New Castle--Wilmington, North and Central America--United States--Texas--El Paso--El Paso
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 23-0711; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
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Identifier (local): 23-0711_clark_porter
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:345294

Title: Edwin Bethea oral history, 2023
Description: Via North Avenue Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpCFaXaadLM
Creator Name(s): Bethea, Edwin, 1931-
Date Created: 2023, 2023, 2023
Name Subject(s): North Avenue Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Atlanta
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 23-0855; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
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Identifier (local): 23-0855_EdwinBethea
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:345295

Title: Babs Miller oral history, 2023.
Description: Oral history with Babs Miller, parish associate at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Austin, Tex.), on her career in ministry, including with Metropolitan Community Church (Austin, Tex.) during the AIDS crisis of the 1980s, and as an evangelist with That All May Freely Serve (TAMFS) in the 2000s. Babs Miller is a Presbyterian minister, ordained by Mission Presbytery in 2014. Born in Victoria, Texas in 1942, she attended the Presbyterian School for Christian Education (Richmond, Va.) in the 1960s, and worked as a Christian educator, a social worker, and a high school teacher in Texas. She went to Austin Theological Seminary from 1987 to 1990, came out as a lesbian, and began work with Metropolitan Community Church (Austin, Tex.). From about 2004 to 2012 she was an evangelist with That All May Freely Serve (TAMFS). She has served as parish associate at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Austin, Tex.) since 2014, and continues advocacy for GLBTQ+ rights, in particular protection of trans youth and their families threatened by Texas state law codifying trans health therapies as child abuse. Starting in 2015, Miller was part of the group at St. Andrew's, as part of the Austin Sanctuary Network, declaring public sanctuary for migrants, and helped a mother and child, Hilda and Ivan, seek asylum.
Creator Name(s): Miller, Babs Ann, 1942- (interviewee), Staniunas, David. (interviewer)
Date Created: 2023, June 15, 2023, June 15, 2023
Name Subject(s): Metropolitan Community Church (Austin, Tex.), That All May Freely Serve (Association), St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Austin, Tex.)
Topical Subject(s): Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterians., Sanctuary movement., Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterians., Church work with immigrants.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--Texas--Austin--Travis
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 23-0616; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
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Identifier (local): 23-0616_BabsMiller
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:344175

Title: Mary Jane Stickley oral history, 2023
Description: Mary Jane Stickley oral history, 2 August 2023, on CROP support of agricultural education and animal husbandry at Jibrail, in Northern Lebanon, 1960-1961.
Creator Name(s): Stickley, Mary Jane
Date Created: 2023, August 2, 2023, August 2, 2023
Name Subject(s): Christian Rural Overseas Project
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Lebanon
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--California
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 23-0936; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
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Identifier (local): MaryJaneStickley
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:345458

Title: Dan Smith memorial service, 2023.
Description: Dan Smith was a Presbyterian and Congregationalist minister, longtime pastor of West Hollywood United Church of Christ. He was born 2 February 1953 in Buffalo, N.Y., and educated at SUNY Fredonia and Princeton Theological Seminary. He was a conscientious objector during the American war in Vietnam. He was ordained in 1978 and spent six years installed at First Presbyterian Church (Geneva, N.Y.) before moving to Los Angeles. He took the pastorate of West Hollywood Presbyterian Church (Los Angeles, Calif.) in 1984, becoming the first openly gay minister installed in a PC(USA) congregation. During his tenure the congregation would spearhead AIDS ministry in West Hollywood, and build the Lazarus Project, dedicated to reconciling the church with its LGBTQ community. Smith retired in 2020. He died 12 June 2023.
Creator Name(s): Smith, Daniel Edmund, 1953-2023. (dedicatee), West Hollywood United Church of Christ (Los Angeles, Calif.) (creator)
Date Created: 2023, 2023, 2023
Name Subject(s): West Hollywood Presbyterian Church (Los Angeles, Calif.), Smith, Daniel Edmund, 1953-2023.
Topical Subject(s): LGBTQ+ Presbyterians., Gay clergy.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--California--Los Angeles--Los Angeles
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 23-0939; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
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Identifier (local): DanSmith2023
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:345470

Title: Melva Costen memorial service video, 2023
Description: Memorial service for Melva Costen, Central Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.), Oscar McCloud presiding. Speakers include J. Herbert Nelson, Denise Anderson, Paul Roberts.
Creator Name(s): Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023, Central Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.), Nelson, J. Herbert, II, 1959-, McCloud, J. Oscar (James Oscar), 1936-, Anderson, T. Denise
Date Created: 2023, 2023, 2023
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American leadership., African American Christian educators.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Atlanta
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 23-0935; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
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Identifier (local): MelvaCosten-sm
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:345474

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 Name(s): Kirkpatrick, Clifton, 1945- (interviewee), Presa, Neal D. (interviewer), Hobson, Randy. (recording engineer)
Date Created: 2023, July 25, 2023, July 25, 2023
Name Subject(s): Kirkpatrick, Clifton, 1945-, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly. Office of the Stated Clerk., Covenant Network of Presbyterians.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Church officers., Presbyterian Church--Clergy., Church leadership--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 23-0805; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
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Identifier (local): CliffKirkpatrick_20230725
(PID) Persistent Identifier: 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 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 Name(s): Kirkpatrick, Clifton, 1945- (interviewee), Presa, Neal D. (interviewer), Hobson, Randy. (recording engineer)
Date Created: 2023, September 7, 2023, September 7, 2023
Name Subject(s): Kirkpatrick, Clifton, 1945-, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly. Office of the Stated Clerk., Covenant Network of Presbyterians.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Church officers., Presbyterian Church--Clergy., Church leadership--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 23-0805; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
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Identifier (local): CliffKirkpatrick_20230807
(PID) Persistent Identifier: 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 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 Name(s): Kirkpatrick, Clifton, 1945- (interviewee), Presa, Neal D. (interviewer), Hobson, Randy. (recording engineer)
Date Created: 2023, July 24, 2023, July 24, 2023
Name Subject(s): Kirkpatrick, Clifton, 1945-, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly. Office of the Stated Clerk., Covenant Network of Presbyterians.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Church officers., Presbyterian Church--Clergy., Church leadership--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 23-0805; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
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Identifier (local): CliffKirkpatrick_20230724
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:346652

Title: Cedric Portis oral history, 2023
Description: Oral history, 28 November 2023, on the history of Third Presbyterian Church (St. Louis, Mo.), its property struggles with the Presbytery of Giddings-Lovejoy, and the eventual reparative actions undertaken by the presbytery in 2023.
Creator Name(s): Portis, Cedric (interviewee), Staniunas, David (interviewer)
Date Created: 2023, 2023, 2023
Name Subject(s): Third Presbyterian Church (St. Louis, Mo.)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--Missouri--St. Louis
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 23-1143; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
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Identifier (local): 23-1143_Portis
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:347416

Title: Jermaine Ross-Allam oral history, 2023
Description: Jermaine Ross-Allam of the PC(USA) Center for Repair of Historic Harms, interviewed by Margaret Priest of the National Black Presbyterian Caucus, May 29, 2023.
Creator Name(s): Ross-Allam, Jermaine (interviewee), Priest, Margaret (interviewer)
Date Created: 2023, May 29, 2023, May 29, 2023
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Center for the Repair of Historic Harms
Topical Subject(s): Racism--United States, Reparations for historical injustices, African American Presbyterians
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 23-0933; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
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Identifier (local): 23-0933_jermaine_ross-allam
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:354005

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