Since at the 1977 General Synod a woman elder did well in the race for the vice-presidency (in the RCA the vice-
president of General Synod is heir
presumptive for the presidency the
next year), it seems well within the realm of possibility that during the coming decade a woman (elder or minister) will be elected
president of the General Synod, the highest office the church can bestow.
President Obama will appear
next week in North Carolina with Hillary Clinton, the 2016 campaigning debut for the figure expected to be the
presumptive Democratic nominee's most potent surrogate in the fall.