General Minister and President
These are some highlights and well-wishes from Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia Thompson's October 20, 2023 Installation at Lakewood Congregational Church UCC, in Lakewood Ohio. She is the 10th General Minister and President of the United Church of Christ.
The full recorded livestreamed service can be found here.
Read More“God is doing a new thing. God is making all things new.”
If anyone doubted that this was a historic occasion, the Rev. Merlyn Hyde Riley made sure they knew.
The theme of newness, as part of God’s promise, was woven throughout Hyde Riley’s sermon during the Friday, Oct. 20 installation of the Rev. Karen Georgia Thompson as the United Church of Christ’s 10th General Minister and President.
The jubilant celebration — featuring a diversity of religious practices, a wide assembly of interfaith dignitaries and powerful, praise-filled performances — was held at Lakewood Congregational Church in Lakewood, Ohio, just a few miles west of the UCC’s headquarters in downtown Cleveland.
Read MoreICYMI: A special interview with the UCC's first woman and first woman of African descent to serve as the GMP. Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia Thompson.
Read MoreRev. Dr. Karen Georgia Thompson is the nominee for General Minister & President (GMP). This video conversation between her and GMP Search Committee chair Rev. Noah Brewer-Wallin provides some introduction to Karen Georgia, her background, and her vision for the future of the UCC.
Read MoreBoard affirms: Karen Georgia Thompson will be first woman to lead UCC if elected by Synod.
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After a year-long search, the United Church of Christ Board’s Search Committee for General Minister and President has made a historic choice. The committee will be recommending Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia Thompson to the UCCB this week as nominee for General Minister and President. If elected, she would be the first woman, and the first woman of African descent, to lead the denomination.
Read MoreDo you want to know more about the process of calling the United Church of Christ’s next general minister and president? There’s now a web page for that.
The page here, on UCC.org, will be updated with information periodically from the United Church of Christ Board’s GMP Search Committee. In this letter to the wider church, Board Chair Cameron Barr expands on the search and call process for the UCC’s next general minister and president.
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