The leadership of the 18 committees for the Presbyterian Church (USA)’s 219th General Assembly has been announced.
According to Presbyterian News Service, the committee leadership (M = moderator; V = vice-moderator; A = committee assistant; P = parliamentarian) is as follows:
· Bills and Overtures: M – Elder Heath Rada (Western North Carolina); V – the Rev. Aleida Jernigan (Cascades); A -Bridgett Green (Charlotte); P – the Rev. Stephen W. Smith (Pacific)
· General Assembly Procedures: M – Elder Patricia Valentine (James); V -Elder Olanda Carr, Jr. (Charlotte); A – Elder Vanessa Hawkins (Savannah); P – Elder Richard Coffelt (Grand Canyon)
· Middle Governing Body Issues: M – The Rev. Cliff Lyda (Chicago); V – the Rev. James Belle (Philadelphia); A – Elder Barbara Murphy (Los Ranchos); P – the Rev. George Baird (Lake Huron).
· Church Polity: M – The Rev. Anne Epling (Giddings-Lovejoy); V – Elder Marcia Rich (North Central Iowa); A – Elder James Tse (New York City); P – Elder Nancy Grittman (Twin Cities Area)
· Church Orders and Ministry: M – Elder Theresa Denton (Middle Tennessee); V – the Rev. K O Noonoo (John Calvin); A – Elder Sally Hinchman (Shenandoah); P – Elder Therese Howell (Middle Tennessee)
· Form of Government Revision: M – the Rev. Tim Beal (San Diego); V – the Rev. Jose Capella-Pratts (San Juan); A – Elder Forrest Palmer (Greater Atlanta); P – The Rev. Browen Boswell (Western New York)
· Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations: M – the Rev. Michael Livingston (New Brunswick); V – Elder Zitta Chapman (Palisades); A – the Rev. Mary Gene Boteler (Giddings-Lovejoy); P – the Rev. Robert Conover (Redwoods)
· Mission Coordination: M – Elder Julia Henderson (Denver); V – Elder Robert Baker (Western Reserve); A – the Rev. Linda Culbertson (Pacific); P – the Rev. Barbara Bundick (Chicago)
· Social Justice Issues: Promotion of Social Righteousness: M – the Rev. Theresa Cho (San Francisco); V – Elder John Arbuckle (West Virginia); A – the Rev. Mary Lee Talbot (Western New York); P – the Rev. Rebecca New (Southern Kansas)
· Social Justice Issues: Exhibition of the Kingdom of Heaven to the World: M – Elder James Bender, Jr. (Coastal Carolina); V – Elder Kristen Gerling (Donegal); A – the Rev. Cecelya Taylor (Coastal Carolina); P – the Rev. Michael Lukens (Winnebago)
· Civil Union and Marriage Issues: M – The Rev. Rick Nutt (Muskingum Valley); V – The Rev. Karla Conditt Daniels (Northeast Georgia); A – the Rev. Carol McDonald (Wabash Valley); P – the Rev. Carson Rhyne (James)
· Peacemaking and International Issues: M – Elder George Lynch (Pacific); V – the Rev. Sue Trei-Conrad (Indian Nations); A – Freda Dye (Middle Tennessee); P – Virginia Rainey (Huntingdon)
· Middle East Peacemaking Issues: M – the Rev. Karen Dimon (Cayuga-Syracuse); V – Elder Laurie Anderson (Heartland); A – the Rev. Kevin Porter (Philadelphia); P – the Rev. Ken Hockenberry (Mid-Kentucky)
· Church Growth, Christian Education, and Presbyterian Investment and Loan Program: M – the Rev. Mindy Douglas Adams (Salem); V – the Rev. Tom Letts (Yukon); A – the Rev. Rebecca Kirkpatrick (Wabash Valley); P- the Rev. Gretchen Denton (Detroit)
· Theological Issues and Institutions: M – the Rev. Sharon Stanley (San Joaquin); V – the Rev. Irene Pak (San Jose); A – the Rev. J. Oscar McCloud (New York City); P – the Rev. Doris Arnett Whitaker (Miami Valley)
· Review of GA Permanent Committees: M – Elder Kenneth Godshall (Hudson River); V – the Rev. Leon Lovell-Martin (Tropical Florida); A – Elder Howard Jackson (Baltimore); P – Elder Richard Berry (San Diego)
· Board of Pensions, Foundation, and Publishing Corporation: M – Elder Effie Bynum (New York City);V – Elder Donna Misterly (Riverside); A – Kathleen Walker (Tampa Bay); P – Daniel Rogers (Albany)
· Health Issues: M – Elder Ann Kelson (Great Rivers): V – Elder Bonnie Brown (Missouri River Valley); A – the Rev. Arlene Gordon (Tropical Florida); P – Rebecca Blair (East Iowa)
The Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow, moderator of the 218th General Assembly, selected the leadership with the assistance of General Assembly Stated Clerk Gradye Parsons, General Assembly Mission Council Executive Director Linda Valentine, Director of Operations for the Office of the General Assembly Tom Hay, Committee on the Office of the General Assembly Chair Dennis Hughes, a member of the General Assembly Committee on Representation, and OGA managers of General Assembly business and assembly services