On Nov. 10, a crowd gathered at Harrington Center Chapel on the campus of Columbia Theological Seminary to hear Dr. William Yoo share about his new book, “What Kind of Christianity: A History of Slavery and Anti-Black Racism in the Presbyterian Church.” The event was co-hosted by CTS and the Presbyterian Historical Society (PHS).
Rivalry among schools and fans is natural and hopefully good-natured. There is nothing wrong with the desire to see your home team go the distance and win the prize. But there is a fine line between friendly banter with opposing fans and the hurtful casting of threats and racial slurs against students.
At last week’s PHS Live, Presbyterian Historical Society Records Archivist David Staniunas looked at three stories from the PHS collections, each involving a pastor leaving a congregation for reasons of racial prejudice.
The Matthew 25 vision challenges the PC(USA) to “see the ways to reform, rethink and reimagine how we engage in this world that needs our witness now, to point people to another reality and another way of being that invites all God’s children to the table,” the Rev. Dr. Diane Moffett, president and executive director of the Presbyterian Mission Agency (PMA), said during the October broadcast of “Good Medicine,” hosted by the Rev. Gregory Bentley and Ruling Elder Elona Street-Stewart, Co-Moderators of the 224th General Assembly (2020).
The Presbyterian Historical Society (PHS) recently processed two important ecumenical collections from the late 20th century: one highlighting the global impact of church-led relief work, the other a domestic program to rebuild churches burned by white supremacists.