Yvonne Webb

Rev­erend Bren­da Bul­lock made his­to­ry yes­ter­day when she be­came the first woman to be elect­ed mod­er­a­tor of the lo­cal Pres­by­ter­ian Church. Rev Bul­lock, 45, who was or­dained in 1992, broke the glass ceil­ing in the male-dom­i­nat­ed min­istry when she was elect­ed at the 51st an­nu­al Gen­er­al Syn­od at the church's head­quar­ters, Par­adise Pas­ture, San Fer­nan­do. She will serve un­til 2013.

Bul­lock got 80 of the votes from the 102 Syn­od mem­bers, rep­re­sent­ing the 23 pas­toral re­gions. Her chal­lenger, Rev Rawle Sukhu, a for­mer mod­er­a­tor, re­ceived 20 votes. Rev Bul­lock, 45, takes over from her pre­de­ces­sor, Rev Elvis Elahie, who served two terms and now takes up a po­si­tion at the St An­drew's The­o­log­i­cal Col­lege.