LOUISVILLE — Carol J. Adcock, an elder from Fort Worth, TX, was unanimously elected chair of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly Council (GAC) at a meeting here Feb. 13.

Adcock, a member of St. Stephen Presbyterian Church in Grace Presbytery, was elected chair on recommendation of the council's nominating committee.

Michael W. Kruse, an elder from Kansas City, MO, was unanimously elected vice chair. He is a member of Ward Parkway Presbyterian Church in Heartland Presbytery.

Adcock and Kruse, who both ran unopposed in the elections, will begin their two-year terms immediately following this summer's 218th General Assembly in San Jose, CA.

Adcock is in her sixth year on the council. She served as chair of the PC(USA)'s former Worldwide Ministries Division Committee; chair of the Governance Task Group and now serves on the Evangelism and Witness Program Area Committee.

"It's exciting and scary at the same time," Adcock said of her election as chair.

In Fort Worth, she has worked on Room at the Inn, a program for the homeless, Presbyterian Women, and values being part of a Thursday morning prayer breakfast. She is a retired dean of students, which she calls "dean of wildlife," at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth.

Kruse is in his fourth year on the GAC and is a small business consultant who is writing a book about faith and business.

The GAC elected a number of other people to positions at the General Assembly level.

Those elected were:

Alan D. Ford, Board of Pensions class of 2012;

Michael Castronis and Jean Demmler, Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy, class of 2010 and 2012, respectively.

LaVert Jones was elected to the board of directors of the Presbyterian Investment and Loan Program (PILP), class of 2012, and to the Mountain Retreat Association Board of Directors, class of 2012.

In addition, the GAC elected five others to the PILP board: William Nelson, class of 2010; and Kim I. Williams, Nancy Muth, Stephen Bacon and Catesby Woodford, all to the class of 2012.

The Rev. Bill Lancaster is associate executive for new church development for Foothills Presbytery.

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