Oral history interview with Reverend Michael Piazza, 2007 March 22.

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Piazza, Michael, 1954-. Oral history interview with Reverend Michael Piazza, 2007 March 22.

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Oral history interview with Reverend Michael Piazza, 2007 March 22.

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Abstract

Interview with Reverend Michael Piazza, pastor of the Dallas Cathedral of Hope, concerning his conversion from Catholicism to Methodist Church; decision to enter the ministry; process of "coming out" to self and family; college experiences at Georgia Southern University and Valdosta State university; experience at Oral Roberts University and Candler School of Theology at Emory University; experience of pastoring small-town Methodist churches ins South Georgia; effects of the Civil Rights movement and anti-war protest of the 1960s and 70s on his developing social consciousness; development of the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) and the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches (UFMCC) denominations; volunteer work with Atlanta Gay Center Helpline; work as pastor of an Atlanta Methodist church, associate pastor of MCC Atlanta and pastor of MCC Jacksonville, Fla.; receiving "call" to pastor MCC Dallas; arrival in Dallas in midst of localized economic depression brought on by savings and loan crisis; family life with Bill Eure and two children; efforts to deal with AIDS crisis; difficulties the church congregation faced when he arrived; process of changing church's name to Cathedral of Hope; development of Dallas Gay and Lesbian Alliance and Nelson-Tebedo AIDS Resource Center; difficulty finding creditors to finance new church buildings; demographics of Cathedral of Hope; congregation; decision to leave UFMCC and affiliate with United Church of Christ denomination; development of outreach and social justice ministries.

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137 leaves ; 29 cm.

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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SNAC Resource ID: 7566564

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas. Oral History Collection.

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Texas Community History Oral History Project.

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Mims, Michael.

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Candler School of Theology

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Source: Bowen, Boone M. The Candler School of Theology: Sixty Years of Service (Emory University, Atlanta: 1974). The Candler School of Theology, founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, opened in September 1914 in the Wesley Memorial Building in downtown Atlanta. In 1916 the school moved into Theology Building, the first building constructed on the present campus of Emory University. This building housed the Chancellor's office, other offices, classrooms, and t...