John M. Buchanan was the pastor of Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago, Illinois, United States, the second largest congregation in the Presbyterian Church (USA).[1]

He is also the editor and publisher of The Christian Century.[2] He was also a member of the General Assembly Council from 1996 to 1999, and served as the moderator of the 208th General Assembly (1996).[3] He was one of the founding co-moderators of The Covenant Network of Presbyterians in 1997.[4]

In a letter dated May 18, 2010, Buchanan announced that he would retire from his duties as pastor of Fourth Presbyterian effective January 31, 2012.[5] Buchanan remains heavily involved with Presbyterian Church USA in retirement, serving as an interim preacher at churches in the Chicago area.[6]

Susan Buchanan

Among his children are Susan Buchanan, who entered into politics as a supporter of the Sandinistas in the 1980s.[7] Buchanan has written for the Southern Poverty Law Center's HateWatch under the name "Susy Buchanan." She gained notoriety online in a 2019 recorded outburst which went viral as an Oak Park trustee, in which she derided colleagues as "white males."[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Table 6 : Fifteen Largest PC (USA) Congregations Based on membership Size, 2009\accessdate=2013-08-17" (PDF). Pcusa.org.
  2. ↑ "Staff". The Christian Century. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
  3. ↑ "Washington National Cathedral : Biography for The Rev. John M. Buchanan". Nationalcathedral.org. Archived from the original on 2013-09-14. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
  4. ↑ "Leadership - Covenant Network". Covnetpres.org. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
  5. ↑ Archived November 22, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ Archived November 10, 2017, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ West Cook News (17 October 2019). "Oak Park's Buchanan no stranger to the limelight, or to white privilege".
  8. ↑ West Cook News (9 October 2019). "Oak Park trustee Susan Buchanan: 'You stop it, you are a white male! Your skin is light enough.'".


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