Origin from 2026
On 2 July 2026, commissioners to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)'s 227th General Assembly in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, elected the Reverend Marta Pumroy-Cordero and the Reverend Doctor Kristopher D. Schondelmeyer as co-moderators on the first ballot, with the pair receiving 250 of 380 votes cast among four teams standing for the office. Pumroy-Cordero, a teaching elder from Tres Rios Presbytery who works as border ministry coordinator for the Tres Rios Border Foundation, and Schondelmeyer, a teaching elder from the Presbytery of East Iowa and pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Davenport, Iowa, campaigned on the theme Be the Leaves, calling the church to serve as a healing and hope filled presence in the world. Under a 2024 rule change, the pair will moderate the 228th General Assembly, set for San Juan, Puerto Rico in 2028, rather than the assembly that elected them.
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StatusEstablished marks the denomination's own election of its governing assembly's presiding officers, not any claim about the assembly's other legislative business, which the denomination's own published minutes and news coverage address separately. Connections
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This source names Iowa directly: "elder from the Presbytery of East Iowa and pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Davenport, Iowa, campaigned on the theme Be the Leaves, calling the church to serve as a healing and hope filled..."
Source Pumroy-Cordero and Schondelmeyer Are Elected Moderators on First Ballot (Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.))
This source names Milwaukee directly: "(U.S.A.)'s 227th General Assembly in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, elected the Reverend Marta Pumroy-Cordero and the Reverend Doctor Kristopher D."
Source Pumroy-Cordero and Schondelmeyer Are Elected Moderators on First Ballot (Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.))
This source names Puerto Rico directly: "General Assembly, set for San Juan, Puerto Rico in 2028, rather than the assembly that elected them."
Source Pumroy-Cordero and Schondelmeyer Are Elected Moderators on First Ballot (Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.))
This source names Wisconsin directly: "227th General Assembly in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, elected the Reverend Marta Pumroy-Cordero and the Reverend Doctor Kristopher D."
Source Pumroy-Cordero and Schondelmeyer Are Elected Moderators on First Ballot (Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.))
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Source Pumroy-Cordero and Schondelmeyer Are Elected Moderators on First Ballot (Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.))
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Closes a four year gap since 2022's citation of the Church of Scotland's approval of a scheme for ministers to conduct same sex marriages, moving the map from one national Presbyterian church's internal policy change to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)'s own election of its General Assembly's co-moderators.
Source Pumroy-Cordero and Schondelmeyer Are Elected Moderators on First Ballot (Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.))
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1. Pumroy-Cordero and Schondelmeyer Are Elected Moderators on First Ballot (Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.))
227th General Assembly Elects Pumroy-Cordero, Schondelmeyer as Co-Moderators (The Presbyterian Outlook)
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