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Now Processed: Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations Records

August 21, 2024
Seal of the Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations, 1961. [Pearl ID: islandora:372046].

The United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (UPCUSA) Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations (COEMAR) Records have been processed as RG 547, and the guide to the records is now available:...

Author: 
Nick
Tags: 
Archival Processing, Collections, Mission History, Missions, Missionaries
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Now Processed: David and Polly Miller Papers

November 7, 2022
David Miller (right) and Polly Miller (center) with Ben Masilo (left) in Lesotho, circa 1985. Pearl ID: islandora:293605 [RG 537, Box 3, Folder 8]

The David and Polly Miller Papers have been processed as Record Group 537, and the guide to the records is now available: ...

Author: 
Nick
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Collections, Archival Processing, Missionaries, Missions, Mission History
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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...

Author: 
Gabe
Tags: 
Hispanic Presbyterians, Missions
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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...

Author: 
Gabe
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Hispanic Presbyterians, Missions
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Presbyterians and Palestine

October 28, 2021

As Presbyterian leaders renew their calls for an end to Israeli depredations against Palestinians, in Gaza, in Silwan, in Sheikh Jarrah, and elsewhere, let's sketch a handful of details from the lives of Presbyterian mission workers, diplomats, agronomists, teachers, and spies.

In 1948, Presbyterian Syria Mission chair W. G. Greenslade served as the conduit for individual and institutional donations for the relief of Palestinian refugees,...

Author: 
David S
Tags: 
Palestine, Missions, Church World Service
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