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Council of Bishops & Judicatory Executives

The Council of Bishops and Executives comprises the leaders of each of our member church bodies, and serves as Christian Associates' board of directors. The Council meets quarterly for collegial support and for organizational governance and visioning. Current Council members are:

 

The Rev. David Ackerman, Conference Minister
Penn West Conference
United Church of Christ

 

The Rev. Thaddaeus B. Allen, Regional Minister and President

Pennsylvania Region

Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

 

The Rev. Dr. Felicia Brock, Geographic Pastoral Servant
American Baptist Churches in Pennsylvania and Delaware

American Baptist Church

The Rev. Ricky Burgess, Moderator

Allegheny Union Baptist Association

 

The Rev. Dr. LaWana Butler, Executive Director

Foundation of HOPE

Bishop Alex Cameron

The Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh 

Anglican Church in North America

The Rev. Nila Cogan, Dean

Mid-Northeast Mission District

North American Lutheran Church


Bishop GREGORY of Nyssa 
Diocese of the U.S.A.

Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Church

 

The Rev. Dr. Tom Harmon, Executive Presbyter
Beaver-Butler Presbytery

Presbyterian Church (USA)

Majors Gregory and Joyce Hartshorn, Divisional Commanders 
Western Pennsylvania Division

The Salvation Army

Bishop IRINEJ 
Eastern American Diocese

Serbian Orthodox Church

represented locally by the Very Rev. Stavrophor Stevan Rocknage

Pastor John Kent

Pittsburgh Metro Ministries

The Seventh-Day Adventist Church

The Most Rev. Larry J. Kulick, Bishop

Diocese of Greensburg

Roman Catholic Church


The Rev. Kurt F. Kusserow, Bishop
Southwestern Pennsylvania Synod
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America


Archbishop MELCHISEDEK

Diocese of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania 
Orthodox Church of America

The Rev. Jessica McClure Archer, General Minister 
Pittsburgh Presbytery

Presbyterian Church (USA)


The Rev. Richard "Skip" Noftzger, Jr., Executive Presbyter 
Redstone Presbytery
Presbyterian Church (USA)


The Very Rev. John Rencewicz II, Temporary Administrator 
Southern Deanery, Buffalo-Pittsburgh Diocese
Polish National Catholic Church

Metropolitan SAVAS 
Metropolis of Pittsburgh
Greek Orthodox Church


Metropolitan Archbishop William C. Skurla 
Archeparchy of Pittsburgh
Byzantine Catholic Church

The Rt. Rev. Ketlen Solak, Bishop

Diocese of Pittsburgh 
The Episcopal Church, U.S.A.

 

Bishop Sandra Steiner Ball

Western Pennsylvania Conference

United Methodist Church
 

Rt. Rev. Bishop THOMAS 
Diocese of Charleston, Oakland, Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic

Antiochian Orthodox Church
 

Bishop Brian Thompson, Sr.
Mid-Atlantic Episcopal District
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church

       represented locally by the Presiding Elder of the Pittsburgh District

 

Bishop Stafford J. N. Wicker
Third Episcopal District
African Methodist Episcopal Church
       represented locally by the Rev. Dr. James Harris

 

The Most Rev. Bishop David A. Zubik
Diocese of Pittsburgh

Roman Catholic Church

(Vacant), Pastor

Bruderhof Communities


(Vacant), Executive Presbyter
Presbytery of Kiskiminetas

Presbyterian Church (USA)

(Vacant), Executive Presbyter
Washington Presbytery

Presbyterian Church (USA)

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