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Date: October 10, 1999	
Disciples News Service
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Contact: Clifford L. Willis
E-mail: CWillis@oc.disciples.org
on the Web: http://www.disciples.org

99b-70

	Cincinnati General Assembly
	October 8-12, 1999
	Cincinnati Convention Center
	Room 233
	(513) 784-6014

	CINCINNATI (DNS) -- A Brooklyn, N.Y., resident was elected, Oct. 10, as 
moderator of the General Assembly of the Indianapolis-based Christian 
Church (Disciples of Christ).

	Paul Rivera received an enthusiastic endorsement by the Disciples' chief 
decision-body, meeting through Oct. 12 in Cincinnati, Ohio. As moderator, 
he will preside over the General Assembly and General Board until the 
close of the 2001 gathering in Kansas City.

	Rivera is currently a project executive for Mall Properties, Inc., a real 
estate development firm in New York City. He previously was a senior 
project manager from 1996-1999 with Lehrer, McGovern, Bovis, a New York 
City construction firm. 

	The NYC native holds a bachelor of science degree in architectural 
engineering (1978) from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn. 

	An active Disciples layperson, Rivera is a member of Iglesia Cristiana 
Sinai in New York City. He has been a prominent leader in the Hispanic 
Disciples community. He is a board member of the Pastoral Commission for 
Hispanic Ministries and moderator of the Northeast region's Hispanic 
Convention.

	Rivera was second vice moderator of the Disciples General Assembly from 
1995-1997 and has served on the General Board and Administrative 
Committee. He was a trustee of New York Theological Seminary from 
1988-1996. 

	Rivera and his spouse, Edda Maria, have one child, Mareza, 10.

	The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) was founded in the early 
1800s. The denomination has nearly 900,000 members in more than 3,800 
congregations in the United States and Canada. Those churches are 
concentrated mainly in the Midwest and in Texas.

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