Released on = December 6, 2006, 12:10 am

Press Release Author = Xlibris Corporation

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Press Release Summary = A narrative account in chronological order of the successes
and failures of the church, including the slow acceptance of women elders, one who
was ordained, sacked, and re-ordained, in a span of 24 years

Press Release Body = Filled with extensively-researched details of the early history
of the Presbyterian history in Europe and in America, including difficult wagon
journeys in the Oregon Trail starting from Missouri to the Northwest and West Coast,
of troubles with the Native Americans caused by the immigration of white population
into Oregon, which was then as now, rich with marine, lumber, and agricultural
resources - this book is anything but not thorough.

The Presbyterian Church in the area grew rapidly but also underwent difficulties of
organization. There were triumphs and downfalls. The Seattle First Presbyterian
Church was the largest of its kind in the United States, with 8,818 members and 110
elders at its peak in 1939. Much earlier, it allowed the first woman to preach in
church, evangelist Mrs. Louisa M. Woosley, in 1894. Ironically, that same year, her
ordination was nullified. She was again ordained a minister in 1913.

Documented accounts fill this book to satisfy anyone interested in the Presbyterian
Church in early Oregon, Washington Territory and Washington State. The Presbytery
of Seattle 1858-2005 is the first extensive history of the Presbyterian Church in
Washington since the publication of The History of the Synod of Washington in 1908.

About the Author
Ordained a Presbyterian elder in 1972, Robert L. Welsh also practiced medicine for
more than 30 years. After retirement, he took on an eleven-year personal project to
write down the Seattle Presbytery's history covering the years 1858-2005.

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