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1-February-1999 
99035 
 
    Notes about People 
 
    by Jerry L. Van Marter 
 
    The Rev. John M. Buchanan, pastor of Fourth Presbyterian Church in 
Chicago and a former moderator of the General Assembly, has been named 
editor/publisher of "The Christian Century," one of the most influential 
religious periodicals in the United States. 
    Buchanan assumes his role at the magazine on Feb. 15, succeeding James 
M. Wall, editor of  "The Christian Century" since 1972. Buchanan will 
continue to serve as pastor of Fourth Church. 
    "The Christian Century" is published 36 times a year and has a 
circulation of about 30,000. 
 
    # # # 
 
    Oscar Cullmann, 96, a legendary teacher of theology and a renowned 
global ecumenist, died earlier this month. 
    A native of Strasbourg, France, Cullman first became involved in 
ecumenical conversations in the 1920s. Without repudiating his Lutheran 
background, he taught for many years at the Reformed Faculty in Basle, 
Switzerland, and after the Second World War his teaching activities 
extended to Paris and Rome. At a time when contacts between Catholics and 
Protestants were unusual, he was received by the Popes Pius XII, John 
XXIII, and Paul VI. His conversations with Paul VI gave rise to the plan 
for an ecumenical institute in Jerusalem. 
    Increasingly, as Cullman grew older, he focused his attention almost 
exclusively on the ecumenical movement. In his widely acclaimed late work 
"Unity through Diversity" (1986), he developed his vision of "the unity we 
seek." Starting from a biblical basis, he went on to plead for a form of 
unity that would be structured enough to allow for common witness, while 
leaving plenty of room for diversity. 
 
    # # # 
 
    The Rev. Jean Kim has been awarded the Korean National Medal of Honor, 
the highest honor given by the Korean government. The award was presented 
recently during a ceremony at the Consulate of South Korea in Seattle, 
Washington. 
    Kim serves as Associate to End Homelessness for All Women and Children 
in the Women's Ministries Program Area of the National Ministries Division 
of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). She was the founding pastor of The 
Church of Mary Magdalene in Seattle, Washington, a church for homeless 
women. 
 
    # # # 
 
    Sandi Thompson-Royer has been hired as the coordinator for the 
PC(USA)'s Societal Violence Network by the Women's Ministries Program Area. 
This network aims to build upon the accomplishments of the Societal 
Violence Initiative Team appointed by the General Assembly Council in 1995 
and completed in June 1998. Thompson-Royer has more than 10 years 
experience in the field of domestic violence and sexual assault, both in 
her community and on a statewide level in Washington State. Most recently 
she directed the Ferry County (Wash.) Community Services domestic violence, 
sexual assault and shelter program. She is an elder at the First 
Presbyterian Church in Republic, Wash. 
 
    # # # 
 
    The Presbyterian Publishing Corporation (PPC) has announced the hiring 
of Michael F. Cirone as its new production director. 
    Cirone, whose production career spans 20 years, will be charged with 
managing all book design and printing functions for PPC, the publisher for 
the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). A graduate of Suffolk University in 
Boston, Cirone was previously a production director for publishers in 
Montana and Massachusetts. 

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