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Dig into the Details

If you would like to learn more about the issues Bonnie has described in her reports, take a look at the PCUSA General Assembly website.    Details of the issues and discussion are posted for the entire convention.

From Our  New Moderator

Reverend Bruce Reyes-Chow was elected moderator at the 2008 General Assembly.   If you would like to get a sense of the leadership he will bring the PCUSA, check out these videos and articles!

Moderator Bruce Reyes-Chow - Opening Statement
Moderator Bruce Reyes-Chow has served at all levels of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A) over the past 20 years and has provided leadership at a variety of events and conferences. An ordained minister since 1995, Bruce Reyes-Chow is a 39-year-old Northern California native and the founding pastor of Mission Bay Community Church, a new church development of San Francisco Presbytery. Get to know the new moderator ? watch his opening statement at the 218th General Assembly in San Jose, California, in this five-minute video.

Moderator Reyes-Chow - "What Needs To Change"
Bruce responds to questions about running for moderator of PCUSA.

 

The Moderator's Blog

This first article was written last year, before Bruce ran for the moderator position.   But it echoes our own conversations and concerns about the future of our church:
Number 1 reason why PC(USA) churches are dying a slow, painful, sad, drawn-out, death and other happy thoughts.

His article in Presbyterian Outlook offers some great insight on this concept of "Postmodernity" we keep hearing about.  
Myths of Postmodernity and the Emergent Church

Bruce will be maintaining a blog of his experiences as moderator.  You can check it out here:
Nurtured by Our Past, Embracing Our Future
Blog for Moderator Bruce Reyes-Chow