The Covenant Network of Presbyterians is a broad-based, national group of clergy and lay leaders working for a church that is simultaneously faithful, just, and whole. We seek to support the mission and unity of the Presbyterian Church (USA) in a time of potentially divisive controversy. We intend to articulate and act on the church’s historic, progressive vision and to work for a fully inclusive church. We are committed to finding a way both to live out the graciously hospitable gospel we have received and to live together with all our fellow members in the PC(USA).
The Founding Co-Moderators of the Covenant Network of Presbyterians are:
Robert W. Bohl, (retired as) Pastor, Village Presbyterian Church, Prairie Village, KS, and Moderator of the 206th General Assembly, PC(USA), and
John M. Buchanan, (retired as) Pastor, Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, and Moderator of the 208th General Assembly, PC(USA).
The Co-Moderators currently serving are:
Mary Lynn Tobin, Pastor, Davis Community Church, Davis, CA, and
David Van Dyke, Pastor, House of Hope Presbyterian Church, St Paul, MN
The Board of Directors includes these church leaders:
- Paul Barrett, Co-Pastor, Mercer Island Presbyterian Church, Mercer Island, WA
- Deborah A. Block, Pastor, Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Milwaukee, WI
- Randy Bush, Pastor, East Liberty Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, PA
- Timothy Cahn, Elder, Seventh Avenue Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, CA
- David Colby, Pastor, Central Presbyterian Church, St. Paul, MN
- Marci Auld Glass, Pastor, Southminster Presbyterian Church, Boise ID
- Timothy D. Hart-Andersen, Pastor, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis, MN
- Christopher A. Henry, Pastor, Shallowford Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, GA
- Kenneth E. Kovacs, Pastor, Catonsville Presbyterian Church, Catonsville, MD
- Calum MacLeod, Executive Associate Pastor, Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, IL
- Jay McKell, Teaching Elder, Overland Park, KS
- Meg Peery McLaughlin, Associate Pastor, Village Church, Prairie Village, KS
- Douglas Nave, Member, Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, NY
- Deana Reed, Pastor, Covenant Presbyterian Church, Napa, CA
- Laird Stuart, Honorably Retired Teaching Elder, Saugatuck, MI
- Susan Thornton, Director of Christian Education, St. Mark Presbyterian Church, Newport Beach, CA
- Daniel Vigilante, Minister, Grace-Trinity Community Church, Minneapolis, MN
- Jon Walton, Pastor, First Presbyterian Church in the City of New York
- Barbara Wheeler, Director, Center for Theological Education, Auburn Theological Seminary, New York, NY
- John Wilkinson, Pastor, Third Presbyterian Church, Rochester, NY
The Board of Advisors includes these pastors, elders, and theologians:
- Thelma Adair, New York City, Moderator, 188th General Assembly, UPCUSA
- Joanna M. Adams, Honorably Retired, Atlanta, GA
- Susan Andrews, Executive Presbyter, Hudson River Presbytery; Moderator, 215th General Assembly, PC(USA)
- Janet Arbesman, Minister Member, Grand Canyon Presbytery
- Ellen Babinsky, Professor Emerita, Austin Theological Seminary, Austin, TX
- Eugene C. Bay, Pastor Emeritus, Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, Bryn Mawr, PA
- Betsy Britton, Elder, Setauket Presbyterian Church, Setauket, NY
- James D. Brown, Honorably Retired, Santa Fe, NM
- Heidi Calhoun, Minister Member, Presbytery of Seattle
- William Calhoun, Honorably Retired, Denver, CO
- Cynthia Campbell, President Emerita, McCormick Theological Seminary, and Pastor, Highland Presbyterian Church, Louisville, KY
- William Capel, Elder, McKinley Memorial Church, Champaign, IL
- Kim Clayton, Director, Center for Lifelong Learning, Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, GA
- Jane Dempsey Douglass, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary; Past President, World Alliance of Reformed Churches
- Ilene Dunn, Honorably Retired, Round Rock, TX
- John Fife, Pastor Emeritus, Southside Presbyterian Church, Tucson; Moderator, 204th General Assembly, PC(USA)
- Erika Funk, Associate Pastor, Broad Street Ministry, Philadelphia, PA
- Freda Gardner, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary; Moderator, 211th General Assembly, PC(USA)
- Sheila Gustafson, Honorably Retired, Oak Park Heights, MN
- Joseph Harvard III, Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Durham, NC
- Karen Hernandez-Granzen, Pastor, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Trenton, NJ
- Beth Hessel-Robinson, Minister Member, Grace Presbytery
- Heidi Hudnut-Beumler, Pastor, Trinity Presbyterian Church, Nashville, TN
- Cynthia Jarvis, Pastor, Chestnut Hill Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA
- Anne Hale Johnson, Elder, Georgetown Presbyterian Church, Washington, DC
- Curtis Jones, Pastor, Calvin Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA
- Kirsten Kingdon, Elder, New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, Washington DC
- Robert Lamar, Honorably Retired, Slingerlands, NY; Moderator, 186th General Assembly, UPCUSA
- Allie Latimer, Elder, Northeastern Presbyterian Church, Washington, DC
- Linda Loving, Associate Pastor, Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, IL
- Eugene March, Professor Emeritus, Louisville Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY
- J. Oscar McCloud, Associate Pastor Emeritus, Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, NY
- William McIvor, Pastor, Sudbury Presbyterian Church, Sudbury, MA
- Stephen Montgomery, Pastor, Idlewild Presbyterian Church, Memphis, TN
- Gay Mothershed, Cross Lanes, WV; retired Executive Presbyter of West Virginia & Grace Presbyteries
- Harriet Nelson, Honorably Retired, Napa, CA; Moderator, 196th General Assembly, PC(USA)
- J. Herbert Nelson, Director, Presbyterian Washington Office
- Peter Oddleifson, Elder, Downtown United Church, Rochester, NY
- Douglas Oldenburg, Past President, Columbia Theological Seminary; Moderator, 210th General Assembly, PC(USA)
- Kent M. Organ, Interim Pastor, Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church, Chicago, IL
- K. C. Ptomey, Professor, Austin Theological Seminary, Austin, TX
- Charles M. Richards, Elder, Central Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, GA
- V. Bruce Rigdon, Honorably Retired, Chicago
- Jack Rogers, Professor Emeritus, San Francisco Theological Seminary; Moderator, 213th General Assembly, PC(USA)
- Choon-Leong Seow, Professor, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ
- J. Barrie Shepherd, Pastor Emeritus, First Presbyterian Church, New York
- Ted A. Smith, Assistant Professor, Candler School of Theology, Atlanta, GA
- Mark Smutny, Pastor, Pasadena Presbyterian Church, Pasadena, CA
- Ronald Stone, Elder, East Liberty Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, PA
- Karen Turney, Elder, Decatur, GA
- Herbert D. Valentine, Honorably Retired, Baltimore, MD; Moderator, 203rd General Assembly, PC(USA)
- Benjamin Weir, Professor Emeritus, San Francisco Theological Seminary; Moderator, 198th General Assembly, PC(USA)
- Gayraud Wilmore, Washington, DC, Presbyterian Scholar
- Richard Wohlschlaeger, Pastor, Swarthmore Presbyterian Church, Swarthmore, PA
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