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Heritage and Hope

August 14, 2012

Do our heritage and our history offer the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) hope for the future? This is a question that I have had to respond to several times in the last few months. But the more significant question, I believe, is what our heritage and history afford us in a time of uncertainty--a time like we are experiencing now.

Presbyterians have lived through uncertain times, time and time again. For Reformed Christians, the Reformation and the Counter Reformation posed challenges with an outcome that was unknown and certainly not guaranteed. For the Scot-...

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Presbyterian Historical Society, Foundations of the Faith, American History
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Audio Snapshot of Presbyterian Women

July 13, 2012

Unita Blackwell (right) with Else Adjali, July 8, 1970. From Concern, October 1970, p.38-39.

Two PHS archivists will be joining the Churchwide Gathering of Presbyterian Women from July 18 through 21 (visit us at booth #403, or at Lisa Jacobson's workshop "Documenting your PW heritage" on Saturday,...

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David S
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American History, Womens History
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Revisiting Pittsburgh

July 13, 2012

From the Executive Director...

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has just concluded the meeting of the 220th General Assembly held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The city of Pittsburgh has hosted many General Assemblies over the years but one of the most memorable occurred in 1958.

In May of 1958, two Presbyterian...

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American History, Resources, General Assembly, Pittsburgh, News and Events
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Highlights From the 1958 General Assembly as We Journey Back to Pittsburgh

June 28, 2012

It’s been a while since Pittsburgh hosted General Assembly—54 years to be exact. The 1958 Assembly was monumental in the history of the Presbyterian Church. Fortunately, it was also well documented in stunning photographs taken by the Reverend Arthur M. Byers (1915-2002).

With these images, Rev. Byers created a filmstrip, Presbyterians at Pittsburgh 1958, to record the union of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and the United Presbyterian Church of North America, as well as a lecture by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a play about the 1858 union of the...

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General Assembly, Martin Luther King Jr, American History, News and Events, Civil Rights
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Remembering, and Documenting, the Civil Rights Movement

June 14, 2012

Fifty years ago, William Watkins, a Presbyterian minister serving a predominately African-American congregation on the south side of Chicago, was among 75 people arrested for participating in a civil rights prayer vigil in Albany, Georgia. Watkins was part of the Albany Movement, an effort to gain equal rights for African-Americans living in a small, southern town. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. sent a telegram urging clergy and others to “stand with the people of Albany as they strive for freedom.” King wrote: “Albany is not a local situation but a crisis in the national...

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American History, African American History, Civil Rights
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