A moving force in the United Presbyterian Church died last week. The Rev. Robert Lamar, a retired pastor, served as Moderator of the 186th General Assembly in 1974.
When social worker Diane Anderson first heard about the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s 1001 New Worshiping Communities initiative from her pastor, she couldn’t sleep at night.
The Rev. William P. Lytle, a staunch supporter of Presbyterian reunion who served as moderator of the General Assembly of the former United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (the “northern stream”) in 1978 ― just five years before it combined with the southern stream Presbyterian Church in the United States to form the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ― died May 27 in Los Gatos, Calif., after a lengthy illness. He was 87.