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John Wilkinson - jwilkinson@thirdpresbyterian.org

John Wilkinson became Third Presbyterian Church's Pastor in 2001. Previously, John served as Executive Associate Pastor of Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago. John is a graduate of the College of Wooster (American History) and he received his Master of Divinity from McCormick Seminary. He received a Ph.D. in American Religious History in 2001 from Northwestern University.

John completed service on the General Assembly Theological Task Force on the Peace, Unity and Purity of the Church and was recently elected to the Committee on the Office of the General Assembly. He serves on the Executive Committee of the Covenant Network of Presbyterians (www.covenantnetwork.org) as well as on the Board of Trustees of Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School (www.crcds.edu). John believes that the church is the best place for people, believers and searchers, to gather to ask the deepest, most profound questions of faith and life. He is committed to urban ministry, the great hymns of the church and Presbyterian theology, as well as baseball, Bruce Springsteen and late night TV! John’s goal is for the church to instill in its own members a vision for hope and justice made real by the ministry of Jesus, with the members in turn serving as ministers in their daily spheres.

A child of a Presbyterian manse, John is married to Bonny Claxton who is the Controller for the Rochester Presbyterian Home. They have two school-aged children, Kenneth and Ann.

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