Rev. John M. Buchanan . . .
is the editor of Christian
Century and the pastor of Chicago’s Fourth Presbyterian Church. One of America’s most influential Presbyterians, he served as
moderator of the 208th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
U.S.A. He received an A.B. in
Government from Franklin and Marshall College, and the B.D./M.Div. from The University of Chicago Divinity
School/Chicago Theological Seminary.
Rev. Buchanan was previously a church pastor in Lafayette (Indiana), Columbus (Ohio), and Dyer (Indiana). He recently served as President of the
Board of Trustees of McCormick Theological Seminary, Chairperson of the Board
of the Greater Chicago Broadcast Ministry, and on the Board of Trustees of
Northwestern Memorial Foundation and the Presbyterian Home in Evanston. His most
recent book is A New Church for a New
Age.