Bruce Reyes-Chow
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Bruce Reyes-Chow is the Moderator of the 218th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). [1] Reyes-Chow was elected as Moderator on June 21, 2008 from a field of four candidates. He will be the Moderator until his successor is elected at the 219th General Assembly in July 2010. He received 48 percent of the vote on the first ballot and 55 percent of the vote on the second ballot.[2] He is also the pastor of Mission Bay Community Church in San Francisco, California.[1]
Bruce is a technophile. He is a prolific blogger and has a large social networking presence.[3] He believes blogging is a spiritual practice[4] and that technology is absolutely essential to a young church.[2] Leaders in the PC(USA) feel that he understands "the way the world is changing, so he can help us feel less anxious and less resistant to change.”[2]
In March of 2009 Bruce also accepted an invitation to become a contributing blogger for City Brights on SFGate, the online publication on the San Francisco Chronicle News Paper. His most recent project is as co-host, with Rev. Carol Howard-Merritt, of a weekly internet radio show, "The God Complex: Where fully divine runs smack dab into fully human."
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[edit] Higher Education
- San Francisco State University, 1990, special major in Asian American Studies, Sociology, Religion, and a minor in Yoga Studies.
- San Francisco Theological Seminary, 1995[1]
- Pacific School of Religion, Brief stint as a Doctor on Ministry Student MORE
[edit] Blogs
[edit] Writings: Books, Articles, Posts
- Contributing Author, Insights from the Underside: An Intergenerational Conversation of Ministers, Broadmind Press, 2008
- Columnist, Asian American Christians: Why we tend to be conservative, Asian Week Magazine, May 2008
- Columnist, Asian American Spirituality: The hidden gift of a complex community, Asian Week Magazine, April 2008
- Blog Post, Blogging as Spiritual Discipline and Pastoral Practice, July 2007
- Columnist, Myths of Postmoderity and the Emergent Church
- Blog Post, Three Rules of the Naked Pastor, July 2007
- Blog Post, A Letter to my Daughters, May 2007
[edit] Articles about Bruce
- August 9, 2008, The Stockton Record, "Stockton Native to Lead Church"
- July 14, 2008, The Presbyterian Outlook, "Moderator 2.0"
- July 1, 2008, The San Francisco Chronicle, "New moderator seeks to unite"
- June 27, 2008, BeliefNet, "Are Presbyterians Emerging?"
