It think it’s a good bet that many of you already know about Bruce Reyes-Chow, the General Assembly Moderator for the Presbyterian Church (USA) denomination. If you don’t, perhaps you should.
I’ve been watching (spying… maybe…) on Bruce for a while now, ever since he became the GA for PCUSA. For those that don’t know, the General Assembly is the highest governing body of the PCUSA denom. It has a number of responsibilities, among them these 4:
- to set priorities for the work of the church in keeping with the church’s mission under Christ
- to develop overall objectives for mission and a comprehensive strategy to guide the church at every level of its life
- to provide the essential program functions that are appropriate for overall balance and diversity within the mission of the church, and
- to establish and administer national and worldwide ministries of witness, service, growth, and development.
Pretty important, right? The General Moderator is, to some degree, the man in terms of establishment and role. What’s very cool is that this one is a blogger and a Twitter-user.
He blogs at his personal blogspot here. If you want to give him a follow, he’s here @breyeschow.
I’m sharing him with you because it’s good to see leaders at the “top” who not only understand web technology but are using it actively. Now if only he could “understand” it enough to migrate to WordPress.
Maybe get him in here for a Friday 5?
Thanks for the kind words. It indeed has been an interesting journey as my election has brought all the church tech geeks a little more out into the open. Still, like many American institutions, we are a long way from finding a place of honest and helpful integration of technology. Too many folks still simply see all of this as a tool rather than a natural progression in technology and community.
And as far as yet another threat from the WordPress Mafia – man you all are ruthless – I might give is a try, but am deeply intertwined and involved with Typepad at this point. So, dear wordpresses, it's not you. It's me
Conversion is just a click away, my brother. Don't let the Typepad Cult brainwash you.
Great post, as usual. I'll be snooping around myself, mainly for some coffee at the moment.
Bruce,
Would you have time for a "friday 5" interview?