Beaver-Butler Presbytery elects new Executive Presbyter

Beaver-Butler Presbytery recently elected a new Executive Presbyter, The Rev. Alan Adams. The Rev. Adams was elected by an overwhelming majority of the presbytery at their meeting on May 25, 2004 in Calvin Presbyterian Church, Zelienople. The effective date of call was July 1st. Rev. Adams attended the General Assembly meeting in Richmond, VA and was granted two week’s transition time for moving home and office and meeting with the Interim Executive Presbyter, the Rev. Dr. Carolyn Jones. He began his work in the Presbytery Office on July 19 and has been busy meeting pastors and congregations of the presbytery. Rev. Adams is a graduate of Louisville Presbyterian Seminary and was ordained as pastor of Strathmoor Presbyterian Church of Louisville in 1996 by Mid-Kentucky Presbytery. In that presbytery, Rev. Adams served as Chair of the Committee on Ministry and in several other capacities. He and his wife, Carla, have grown children – one in Louisville and another in San Diego.  Rev. and Mrs. Adams are in the process of searching for housing within in the vicinity of Zelienople, where the Presbytery Center is located. The Rev. Dr. A. Gary Angleberger, Associate for Communication and Stewardship for the Synod of the Trinity, chaired the Search Committee in its 18 month search process.

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