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, Pastor, Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, and Moderator of the 208th General Assembly, PC(USA).
The Co-Moderators currently serving are:
Deborah A. Block, Pastor, Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Milwaukee, WI, and
David Van Dyke, Pastor, House of Hope Presbyterian Church, St Paul, MN
The Board of Directors includes these church leaders:
- Dan Anderson-Little, Pastor, Trinity Presbyterian Church, University City, MO
- Janet Arbesman, Minister Member of Grand Canyon Presbytery
- Randy Bush, Pastor, East Liberty Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, PA
- Timothy Cahn, Elder, Seventh Avenue Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, CA
- William Calhoun, Honorably Retired, Denver, CO
- David Colby, Pastor, Central Presbyterian Church, St. Paul, MN
- Timothy D. Hart-Andersen, Pastor, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis, MN
- Chris Henry, Pastor, Morningside Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, GA
- Kenneth E. Kovacs, Pastor, Catonsville Presbyterian Church, Catonsville, MD
- Laurie Kraus, Pastor, Riviera Presbyterian Church, Miami, FL
- Calum MacLeod, Executive Associate Pastor, Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago
- Jay McKell, Pastor, Grace Covenant Presbyterian church, Overland Park, KS
- Meg Peery McLaughlin, Associate Pastor, Village Presbyterian Church, Prairie Village, KS
- Douglas Nave, Member, Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, NY
- Deana Reed, Pastor, Covenant Presbyterian Church, Napa, CA.
- Chandler Stokes, Pastor, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Grand Rapids, MI
- Mary Lynn Tobin, Pastor, Davis Community Church, Davis, CA
- Dan Vigilante , Assistant Minister, St. Mark Presbyterian Church, Newport Beach, CA
- Jon Walton, Pastor, First Presbyterian Church in the City of New York
- Louise Westfall, Pastor, Fairmount Presbyterian Church, Cleveland Heights, OH
- 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
- Henry Andersen, Pastor Emeritus, Fairmount Presbyterian Church, Cleveland Heights, OH
- Susan Andrews, Executive Presbyter, Hudson River Presbytery; Moderator, 215th General Assembly, PC(USA)
- 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, Pastor, Market Square Presbyterian Church, Harrisburg, PA
- Heidi Calhoun, Minister Member, Presbytery of Seattle
- Cynthia Campbell, President, McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, IL
- 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, Pastor, Madison Square Presbyterian Church, San Antonio, TX
- John Fife, Pastor Emeritus, Southside Presbyterian Church, Tucson; Moderator, 204th General Assembly, PC(USA)
- Erika Funk, Associate Pastor, Broad Street Ministry, Philadelphia
- 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, Pastor, Trinity Presbyterian Church, Mansfield, TX
- Heidi Hudnut-Beumler, Pastor of Trinity Presbyterian Church, Nashville, TN
- Cynthia Jarvis, Pastor, Chestnut Hill Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA
- Anne Hale Johnson, Board Chair, Retired, Union Seminary, New York, NY
- Curtis Jones, Pastor, Calvin Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA
- Kirsten Kingdon, Elder, New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, Washington DC
- Robert Lamar, Newtonville, NY, Moderator, 186th General Assembly, UPCUSA
- Allie Latimer, Elder, Northeastern Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C.
- Linda Loving, Associate Pastor, Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, IL
- William Lytle, Pastor Emeritus, Madison Square Presbyterian Church, San Antonio , Moderator, 190th General Assembly, UPCUSA
- 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, 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, First Presbyterian Church, Deerfield, IL
- K. C. Ptomey, Professor, Austin Theological Seminary, Austin, TX
- Charles M. Richards, Elder, Central Presbyterian Church, Atlanta
- 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 Smith, Associate Professor, Vanderbilt Divinity School, Nashville, TN
- Mark Smutny, Pastor, Pasadena Presbyterian Church, Pasadena, CA
- Ronald Stone, Elder, East Liberty Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, PA
- Laird J. Stuart, Interim President, San Francisco Theological Seminary, San Francisco, CA
- Karen Turney, Elder, Decatur, GA
- Herbert D. Valentine, Baltimore, Moderator, 203rd General Assembly, PC(USA)
- Benjamin Weir, Professor Emeritus, San Francisco Theological Seminary; Moderator, 198th General Assembly, PC(USA)
- Gayraud Wilmore, Washington, D.C., Presbyterian Scholar
- Albert Winn, Winston-Salem, Moderator, 119th General Assembly, PCUS
- Richard Wohlschlaeger, Pastor, Swarthmore Presbyterian Church, Swarthmore, PA
