Background
Alvis, Joel Lawrence was born on November 12, 1955 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Joel Lawrence Senior and Martha Jean Alvis.
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Religion and Race: Southern Presbyterians, 1946 to 1983 by Alvis Jr, Joel L. (1994) Paperback
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Religion and Race: Southern Presbyterians, 1946 to 1983
( Joel Alvis focuses on the relationships and tensions in...)
Joel Alvis focuses on the relationships and tensions in the Presbyterian Church, U.S., whose ecclesiastical boundaries never expanded significantly beyond its original territory in the Confederacy and border South. By the time of the civil rights movement, the church was actively involved in ecumenical activities despite its regional isolation, and that involvement created unease in some quarters of the denomination. This concise institutional history traces how the church shaped and was shaped by its regional culture and explores the denomination's own cultural struggle to determine what role race issues would play in the definition of being Presbyterian.
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Joel Lawrence Alvis
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Joel Lawrence Alvis, American Minister. Ordained to ministry Presbyterian Church (United States of America), 1989. Recipient Nelson R. Burr prize History Society of Episcopal Church, 1981, Book award North Carolina Presbyterian History Society, 1995; University fellow U. Mississippi, 1977-1978, Anderson fellow Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, 1991.
Education
Bachelor, Samford U., 1977; Master of Arts, U. Mississippi, 1980; Doctor of Philosophy, Auburn U., 1985; Master of Divinity, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Sem, 1989.
Career
Local church history and records administrator, Presbyterian History Foundation, Montreat, North Carolina, 1982-1986; research associate, Louisville Presbyterian Seminary, 1986-1989; pastor, St. Pauls (North Carolina) Presbyterian Church, 1989-1997; associate pastor, St. Luke's Presbyterian Church, Dunwoody, Georgia, since 1998. Member commission on ministry Coastal Carolina Presbytery, 1990-1993, moderatorof Presbytery, 1997.
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Works
book
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Religion and Race: Southern Presbyterians, 1946 to 1983
( Joel Alvis focuses on the relationships and tensions in...)
- Religion and Race: Southern Presbyterians, 1946 to 1983 by Alvis Jr, Joel L. (1994) Paperback
- Religion and Race: Southern Presbyterians, 1946 to 1983 by Joel L. Alvis Jr (1994-03-30)
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Religion and Race: Southern Presbyterians, 1946 to 1983
Membership
Member Committee on Disabled, St. Pauls, 1991, John Walker Memorial Fund, St. Pauls, 1990. Treasurer Robeson County Church and Cmty. Center, 1992-1995.
Connections
Married Vicki Lynn Welch, August 12, 1978. Children: Joel Lawrence III, Mark Thomas.
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American
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Recipient Nelson R. Burr prize History Society of Episcopal Church, 1981, Book award North Carolina Presbyterian History Society, 1995. University fellow U. Mississippi, 1977-1978, Anderson fellow Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, 1991.Recipient Nelson R. Burr prize History Society of Episcopal Church, 1981, Book award North Carolina Presbyterian History Society, 1995. University fellow U. Mississippi, 1977-1978, Anderson fellow Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, 1991.