The supervisor of New York congregations for the United Church of Christ has been nominated to become the UCC’s next general minister and president.

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The Rev. Geoffrey Black will need to receive a two-thirds majority of the UCC’s Executive Council in March before he can be presented to the entire UCC General Synod this summer.

The UCC’s current general minister and president, the Rev. John Thomas, has served since 1999 and isn’t eligible for re-election.

Black is particularly concerned about equal justice and black empowerment and co-founded the Amistad Cultural Center of Long Island, according to a church news release. He would be the UCC’s second African-American president.

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