Stated Clerk
Stated Clerk
Rev. Jihyun Oh
The Rev. Jihyun Oh is the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and was elected and installed at the 226th General Assembly in Salt Lake City in the summer of 2024. She is the first Korean American to serve in the denomination’s highest office, only the second woman, and the first woman of color elected to lead the PC(USA) in its more than 300-year history in the U.S.
Oh earned undergraduate degrees in Biology and German Studies from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a Master of Science in Finance from Florida International University, and a Master of Divinity degree from Columbia Theological Seminary.
For five years, she served as director of Mid Council Ministries in the Office of the General Assembly and was OGA manager of call process support before that. Ordained as a teaching elder by the Presbytery of Tropical Florida on behalf of the Presbytery of Chicago, Oh has served in several pastoral roles as well as hospital chaplain.
“I love this church, the part of the body of Christ that is the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.),” Oh told the Assembly. “I love this church for who we have been, warts and all, and for who we are now and who we will become as we faithfully discern God’s call for us.”
STATED CLERK
The Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is the chief ecclesial officer of the denomination. Elected to four-year terms, the Stated Clerk carries out the ecumenical and constitutional functions of the assembly as outlined by the Book of Order, General Assembly Organization for Mission, and the Standing Rules of the meetings of the General Assembly.
Responsibilities include interpreting assembly actions, representing the church on various denominational and ecumenical councils, and providing vision, interpretation, and inspiration for the denomination.