On Tuesday night, Brad Bradley, ruling elder of Park Cities Presbyterian Church in Dallas, Texas, was elected moderator of the 37th General Assembly (GA) of the PCA, in Orlando, Fla.

“I am humbled to be elected to this position,” said Bradley, a businessman who founded the Southwest Church Planting Network in 1998. During his acceptance speech, he expressed concern that for the first time in its history, the PCA has recorded negative membership growth. Bradley urged commissioners to consider the “every church plant a church” strategy demonstrated in a recent Mission to North America (MNA) video.

Bradley also urged full participation in the Assembly, encouraging every presbytery to send representatives to the annual meeting, thereby enabling the PCA’s representative form of government to function properly.

Only one other nominee was submitted during the moderator election, retired public school administrator Richard Springer of Allenwood, N.J.

Frank Barker, pastor emeritus of Briarwood Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Ala., praised Bradley’s experience and insight in his nomination speech: “Brad will do an outstanding job in this position. He has balanced views as a leader, broad experience both in business and within the PCA, and deep roots in the denomination.”

Bradley currently serves as executive director of the Southwest Church Planting Network and will soon be joining Mission to North America (MNA) as its Western Regional Coordinator.

“I’m looking forward to a great session at GA this year,” Bradley told byFaith. “I hope we can come together and work through our business effectively and efficiently and come to agreement on issues that could be divisive.”