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 John M. Buchanan

The Rev. John M. Buchanan is pastor of Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago and editor/publisher of the Christian Century.

Prior to coming to Chicago in 1985, Buchanan has been pastor of Presbyterian churches in Columbus, Ohio; Lafayette, Indiana; and Dyer, Indiana.

He served as moderator of the 208th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A., and as a member of its General Assembly Council from 1996 through 1999.

Buchanan is the author of A New Church for a New World, Being Church, Becoming Community, and Sermons for the City.

He holds an A.B. in government from Franklin and Marshall College and an M.Div. from the University of Chicago Divinity School/Chicago Theological Seminary. He has received honorary degrees from a number of colleges and seminaries.

Buchanan will be a keynote speaker at the Centennial Gathering in New Orleans November 9-11.