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Fred Plumer
President
After an extensive background in building management, real estate development and restaurant ownership and management, Fred Plumer made a career shift in 1981. He earned his M.Div. degree at the Pacific School of Religion while doing work in an inner...
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Janice Gregory
Vice President
ERISA Industry Committee, Washington, DC.
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Jim Burklo
Secretary
Jim Burklo is the Pastor of Sausalito Presbyterian Church in Sausalito, CA. In addition to serving on the executive council of TCPC, he also lectures around the US, promoting the movement. He served as the ecumenical Protestant campus minister at ...
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Daniel J. Donoghue
Treasurer
Mr. Donoghue is a Managing Partner of the Discovery Group, a merchant banking firm based in Chicago. Previously, he was the Head of the Private Capital division and co-head of the Middle Market Mergers & Acquisitions Group at Piper Jaffray &...
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Executive Council
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Sarah Halverson
Reverand Sarah Halverson
A native of Orange County , Sarah was raised in a progressive church, was educated at Chapman University , and went on to pursue a Ph.D. in the New Testament from Claremont Graduate University . After finishing coursework, Sarah felt compelled to en...
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Ian Lawton
Pastor
Ian Lawton moved to the U.S. in 2004 with his family (Partner Meg; children, Hugo, Darcy and Raina). They came so that he could begin the role of executive minister at C3/ Christ Community Church in Spring Lake,West Michigan. http://www.christ-commun...
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Madison Shockley
Madison T. Shockley has been a TCPC Executive Council member since its founding and is currently the senior minister of Pilgrim United Church of Christ in Carlsbad, California, where he was called to ministry in May, 2004. Pilgrim is known for its co...
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Gary A. Wilburn
Reverend, Dr.
Dr. Wilburn was the Senior Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of New Canaan, CT, from 1995 through 2007, when he retired to return to his native California to write. He previously led the First Presbyterian Church in Stamford, CT. and in Los Ang...
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Honorary Advisor
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James Rowe Adams
TCPC Founder
In 1994, I founded The Center for Progressive Christianity, a non-profit corporation that encourages churches to focus their attention on those for whom organized religion has proved to be ineffectual, irrelevant, or repressive. When I stepped down ...
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Karen Armstrong
A former Roman Catholic nun who teaches at Leo Baeck College for the Study of Judaism in London.
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Marcus J. Borg
Distinguished Professor of Religion and Culture, Oregon State University, and president of the Association of Anglican Biblical Scholars.
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John Cobb
Professor Emeritus at Claremont School of Theology, founder of the Center for Process Studies, and cofounder of Progressive Christians Uniting.
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Hugh Dawes
Vicar, St. Faith's Church, London, U.K. Chair of the Steering Committee, Progressive Christianity Network – Britain.
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Barbara Lundblad
Associate Professor of Preaching, Union Theological Seminary, New York. An ordained Lutheran pastor, she served a church in New York City for 17 years before joining the faculty at ...
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William Rankin
President, The Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance. Before joining GAIA, he was the Vice President of the United Religions Initiative. Earlier, he served as a theological school preside...
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John Shelby Spong
Retired Bishop of the Episcopal Church’s Diocese of Newark. He now devotes his time to writing and lecturing. Tapes of his lectures are available from Christianity for the Thi...
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Charles Willie
Former Professor of Education and Urban Studies, Harvard Graduate School of Education, and now an education policy consultant to school systems and governments. An early member of the TCPC Advisory Commit...
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Staff
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Deshna Ubeda
Administrator, Web Producer, Event Manager
Deshna grew up in an amazing Progressive Christian church, IUCC, in Irvine California as a PK (pastor's kid) and so was blessed to be involved in a community that was open, educated, innovative, and inclusive. She was involved in the church at ma...
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