John Buchanan (pastor)

John M. Buchanan was the pastor of Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago, Illinois, United States, the second largest congregation in the Presbyterian Church (USA).[1]

He is also the editor and publisher of The Christian Century.[2] He was also a member of the General Assembly Council from 1996 to 1999, and served as the moderator of the 208th General Assembly (1996).[3] He was one of the founding co-moderators of The Covenant Network of Presbyterians in 1997.[4]

In a letter dated May 18, 2010, Buchanan announced that he would retire from his duties as pastor of Fourth Presbyterian effective January 31, 2012.[5] Buchanan remains heavily involved with Presbyterian Church USA in retirement, serving as an interim preacher at churches in the Chicago area.[6]

Susan Buchanan

Among his children are Susan Buchanan, who entered into politics as a supporter of the Sandinistas in the 1980s.[7] Buchanan has written for the Southern Poverty Law Center's HateWatch under the name "Susy Buchanan." She gained notoriety online in a 2019 recorded outburst which went viral as an Oak Park trustee, in which she derided colleagues as "white males."[8]

References
  1. "Table 6 : Fifteen Largest PC (USA) Congregations Based on membership Size, 2009\accessdate=2013-08-17" (PDF). Pcusa.org.
  2. "Staff". The Christian Century. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
  3. "Washington National Cathedral : Biography for The Rev. John M. Buchanan". Nationalcathedral.org. Archived from the original on 2013-09-14. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
  4. "Leadership - Covenant Network". Covnetpres.org. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
  5. Archived November 22, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  6. Archived November 10, 2017, at the Wayback Machine
  7. West Cook News (17 October 2019). "Oak Park's Buchanan no stranger to the limelight, or to white privilege".
  8. West Cook News (9 October 2019). "Oak Park trustee Susan Buchanan: 'You stop it, you are a white male! Your skin is light enough.'".


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