Description:
Oral history of Stated Clerk Emeritus Cliff Kirkpatrick interviewed by Rev.
Dr. Neal Presa and recorded via Zoom by Randy Hobson of OGA Communications on
September 7, 2023. The Rev. Dr. Clifton Kirkpatrick is an ordained minister
who served for fifteen years as the Director of the Worldwide Ministries
Division before becoming Stated Clerk. He served in this capacity from
1996-2008 and, at the conclusion of his service, was elected by the General
Assembly as Stated Clerk Emeritus. His other leadership roles included
Co-moderator of the General Assembly Special Committee on the Belhar
Confession and member of the Board of Directors of the Covenant Network of
Presbyterians. Kirkpatrick attended Davidson College (BA), Yale University
(MDiv), and McCormick Theological Seminary (DMin).
Creator:
Kirkpatrick, Clifton, 1945- (interviewee), Presa, Neal D. (interviewer), Hobson, Randy. (recording engineer)
Subject names:
Kirkpatrick, Clifton, 1945-, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly. Office of the Stated Clerk., Covenant Network of Presbyterians.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Church officers., Presbyterian Church--Clergy., Church leadership--Presbyterian Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346654