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#GA226 elects and installs first woman of color stated clerk

Jihyun Oh is elected Stated Clerk of the General Assembly, a position vacated by J. Herbert Nelson in 2023.

Rev. Jihyun Oh, newly elected stated clerk of the General Assembly, is surrounded by family in prayer. Photo by Jonathan Watson for Presbyterian Outlook.

Salt Lake City — The 226th General Assembly (GA) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) affirmed 420-2 the nomination of Jihyun Oh as stated clerk of the General Assembly, succeeding J. Herbert Nelson, who filled the seat for seven years and concluded his term in April 2023.

Oh, a 1.5 generation Korean American born in South Korea and raised in Kansas, is the first woman of color to serve in the highest ecclesial office of the PC(USA),...

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