Jihyun Oh elected Stated Clerk of the PCUSA general assembly
Jihyun Oh is joined by her family during the litany of her installation as the next stated clerk of the PC(USA) general assembly on July 1. (Photo by Rich Copley)
In a 420-2 vote, Jihyun Oh was elected and then installed as the next stated clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) general assembly Monday. Oh, who’s currently director of Mid Council Ministries in the Office of the General Assembly, begins her new work on August 1.
Oh is the first Korean American, the second woman, and the first woman of color to serve in the denomination’s highest ecclesial office.
“I love this church, the part of the body of Christ that is the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.),” Oh told the assembly. “I love this church for who we have been, warts and all, and for who we are now, and who we will become as we faithfully discern God’s call for us.”
