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The Short-Lived Texas-Mexican Presbytery Pt. 2

April 5, 2022

Still from a film featuring Texas-Mexican Presbytery's churches in central and east Texas in the 1940s. Courtesy of Texas Archive of the Moving Image. Source

This is the second blog in a two-part series of the Presbyterian Church in the...

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Gabe

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Hispanic Presbyterians, Missions

The Short-Lived Texas-Mexican Presbytery Pt. 1

January 26, 2022

Exploring the roots of the Presbyterian Church in the United States’ Texas-Mexican Presbytery (1908-1960) reveals the fatal errors that resulted in a fractured judicatory throughout the course of its history. In the first blog of this two-part series, we’ll follow the timeline of events outlined by R. Douglas...

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Gabe

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Hispanic Presbyterians, Missions

"Living Between the Here and the Not Yet": Documenting the Hispanic/Latinx Presbyterian Experience

November 18, 2021

Last month the Presbyterian Historical Society celebrated National Hispanic Heritage Month across all of our social media feeds. We highlighted photos from our collection that represented Hispanic communities and stories of Hispanic leaders within the Presbyterian church.

We also hosted a PHS LIVE centered on Hispanic and Latinx Ministries in the PC(USA) featuring Rev. Ruth Faith Santana-Grace, Joanna Kim, Rev. Eliana Maxim, Rev. Juan Sarmiento, and Rev....

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Sonia

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Hispanic Presbyterians, Collections

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