{"id":248,"date":"2011-12-02T05:51:51","date_gmt":"2011-12-02T13:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gajunkie.info\/blog\/?p=248"},"modified":"2011-12-02T05:51:51","modified_gmt":"2011-12-02T13:51:51","slug":"nominees-for-moderator-of-the-138th-general-assembly-of-the-presbyterian-church-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=248","title":{"rendered":"Nominees For Moderator Of The 138th General Assembly Of The Presbyterian Church In Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nThe First of December &#8211; It is time again for the Principal Clerk of the Assembly of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.presbyterian.ca\" target=\"_blank\">Presbyterian Church in Canada<\/a> to announce the names of those nominated to serve as the Moderator of the next General Assembly.&nbsp; This year the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.presbyterian.ca\/pcconnect\/daily\/6085\" target=\"_blank\">nominees for Moderator of the 138th General Assembly<\/a> are<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Rev. John Borthwick &#8211; Currently pastor of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.standrewsguelph.com\">St. Andrew&#8217;s Presbyterian Church<\/a> in Guelph, Ontario.&nbsp; The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.standrewsguelph.com\/sta_people.html#staffbios\">biographical sketch<\/a> on the church web site tells us that he has been at the church just short of nine years with five years pastoring in Toronto before that. It also says &#8220;His current areas of interest are<br \/>\nconflict mediation, change theory, and the influences of consumer culture on society.&#8221; His work leading local churches to build a house for Habitat for Humanity was <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.standrewsguelph.com\/archives\/40_under_40_2008.PDF\">recognized by a local publication<\/a> in 2008.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>The Rev. Peter Bush &#8211; Pastor of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.westwoodpc.ca\">Westwood Presbyterian Church<\/a> in Winnipeg, Manatoba. From the church web site there is a&nbsp; list of articles he has written, including a January 2010 piece for the national magazine, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.presbyterianrecord.ca\/\">Presbyterian Record<\/a>, on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.presbyterianrecord.ca\/2010\/01\/01\/priesthood-of-all-believers\/\">Priesthood of all Believers<\/a>. Style points for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.westwoodpc.ca\/contact.htm\">church staff listing<\/a> where his title is Teaching Elder.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>The Rev. Gordon Haynes &#8211; Rev. Haynes is on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.presbyterian.ca\/about\/contact\/whotocall\/gordonhaynes\">denominational staff<\/a> in Toronto where he was the Associate Secretary for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.presbyterian.ca\/canadianministries\">Canadian Ministries<\/a>\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.presbyterian.ca\/resources\/online\/3803\">The Vine<\/a>. Beginning this fall he began research for a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.presbyterian.ca\/pcconnect\/daily\/5938\">project<\/a> that will &#8220;provide the [Life and Mission Agency] staff and Committee with the material upon which a national strategy will be formulated.&#8221; The announcement goes on to say &#8220;The report will identify possible future ministry opportunities as well<br \/>\nas areas of potential growth and innovation in presbyteries.&#8221;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>The Rev. Dr. Andrew Johnston &#8211; Pastor of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.standrewsottawa.ca\/\">St. Andrew&#8217;s Presbyterian Church<\/a>, Ottawa, Ontario for just under 14 years. His <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.standrewsottawa.ca\/aboutus\/Staff.html\">bio on the church web site<\/a> lists his service to the church including Moderator of the Presbytery of Ottawa and President of the Christian Council of the Capital Area.&nbsp; He was awarded a D.Div. from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.presbyteriancollege.ca\/\">Presbyterian College<\/a>, Montreal, in 2007.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>The Rev. Dr. John Vissers &#8211; Rev. Vissers serves as Principal of the just mentioned <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.presbyteriancollege.ca\">Presbyterian College<\/a>.&nbsp; His <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.presbyteriancollege.ca\/faculty.html\">official bio<\/a> on the College web site indicates that he began his ministerial career in the pastorate, including at Knox PC, Toronto. He previously taught at Ontario Theological Seminary (now Tyndale Seminary). His M.Div. and Th.D. are from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.knox.utoronto.ca\">Knox College<\/a>, Toronto. He also holds a Th.M. from Princeton Theological Seminary.&nbsp; His bio also tells us that his research interests include &#8220;Reformed theology, contemporary theology and constructive Christian doctrine.&#8221; <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An interesting group &#8211; all male, all Teaching Elders, three in the parish, one from the west, and a diversity in ages.<\/p>\n<p>Ballots will go out to the presbyteries shortly and the announcement of who the presbyteries have discerned to lead the next General Assembly will be announced at the beginning of April.&nbsp; Our prayers are with all the nominees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The First of December &#8211; It is time again for the Principal Clerk of the Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Canada to announce the names of those nominated to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,32,3,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-assembly","category-moderator","category-news","category-pc-canada"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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