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Elder Cynthia Bolbach endorsed by National Capital Presbytery
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Cynthia Bolbach

> Cynthia Bolbach

> Posted at
> January 5, 2010 9:32 a.m.

> by Bethany Furkin

National Capital Presbytery has unanimously endorsed the first candidate to 
stand for moderator of the 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church 
(U.S.A.). The assembly will be held July 3-10 in Minneapolis.

Elder Cynthia Bolbach, 61, is a lawyer and member of First Presbyterian Church 
in Arlington, Va.

?I feel called to stand for Moderator to help our church ? proud inheritor of 
the Reformed tradition ? discern how best to proclaim the timeless Gospel 
message to a 21st century world that is multi-cultural and religiously 
pluralistic,? Bolbach said in a presbytery press release.

She has leadership experience in many levels of the church. Bolbach served as 
co-moderator of the GA Form of Government Task Force. The task force first 
reported to the 218th GA in 2008 and will report to this year?s Assembly when 
its proposal was referred back for more study and refinement.

Bolbach has served in several positions at the presbytery level: as moderator 
of National Capital Presbytery, as chairwoman of its Committee on Ministry and 
its council and as its interim general presbyter.

She was ordained as a deacon and elder at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, 
where she also served as clerk of session. She previously was a commissioner to 
the 209th GA in 1997.

Professionally, Bolbach is executive vice president and corporate secretary of 
BNA, Inc., an employee-owned firm that is the sole independent U.S. publisher 
of specialized legal and regulatory information services.

Bolbach maintains a Web site on which she provides more biographical 
information and details her decision to stand for moderator.