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The 1933 General Assembly On War And Capitalism

March 17, 2022
Commissioners of the PCUSA General Assembly, Broad Street Presbyterian Church (Columbus, Ohio), 1933. Accession 16-0110.

At the 1933 PCUSA General Assembly in Columbus, Ohio, the Social Welfare committee recommended maintaining prohibition, decried pre-Hays Code movies and comics -- alliteratively accosting "the putrid picture and the polluted page" -- and then turned to...

Author: 
David S
Tags: 
General Assembly, Great Depression
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Stories from GA: 1958 Union of PCUSA and UPCNA

February 17, 2022
Moderators Harold R. Martin and Robert N. Montgomery shake hands during march. Pearl ID: islandora:7479

On May 27, 1958, in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Presbyterians gathered at the 170th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A; at the same time, the United Presbyterian Church of North America celebrated a centennial anniversary at their 100th General Assembly. The two events were held just miles away from each other....

Author: 
Allison
Tags: 
General Assembly, UPCUSA, Pittsburgh
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Looking Back on the Life and Service of Lawrence W. Bottoms

February 17, 2022
Lawrence W. Bottoms. Left: Pearl ID 6631, undated; Right: Pearl ID 7393, undated.

At sixty-six years young, Lawrence Wendell Bottoms was appointed as Moderator of the Presbyterian Church...

Author: 
McKenna
Tags: 
African American History, General Assembly
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Lois Stair: Conflict as Hope

April 16, 2021
Lois Stair, General Assembly 183, Rochester, NY, 1971. [Pearl ID: 175778]

“Well, here I am, filled with amazement and gratitude, and standing in need of prayer.” 

Presbyterian Elder Lois Harkrider Stair had just been elected as the first woman to serve as General Assembly moderator of a U.S. Presbyterian denomination. The year was...

Author: 
Nancy
Tags: 
Womens History, General Assembly
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A Call for Reparations

February 8, 2021

--originally published in Presbyterian Heritage, Spring 2020

On May 27, 1970, fasting commissioners at the 182nd General Assembly of the UPCUSA in Chicago assigned their meal money—$5,178.60—to the newly created National Committee on the Self-Development of People.

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Author: 
David S
Tags: 
African American History, General Assembly
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