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GA NEWS: Cliff Kirkpatrick recipient of E.T. Thompson Award


The board of directors of The Presbyterian Outlook has awarded its 2008 Ernest Trice Thompson Award for church leadership to Clifton Kirkpatrick, an ecumenical leader who has served as stated clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) for the past 12 years.

 Editor Jack Haberer and immediate past president of the Outlook board, Richard Ray, presented the award at the Outlook’s June 21 banquet that marked the opening of the General Assembly in San Jose, Calif.

Kirkpatrick, the president of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches since 2004, is not seeking a fourth term as stated clerk, leaving that role at the end of this year’s General Assembly. He plans to continue his work with Reformed...

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