Rev. Paul F. Rack

Stated Clerk

the Rev. Paul Rack was born in Bloomfield, NJ, in 1955, the son of a Presbyterian minister and grandson of a Presbyterian elder. After receiving degrees from The University at Albany (SUNY) and Princeton Theological Seminary, he was ordained by the Presbytery of Albany in 1981, and served as Pastor for 39 years in 11 churches, most of them as Interim/Temporary. He also was, for 18 years, the Stated Clerk for two different presbyteries (Elizabeth and Palisades, both of which were merged into a new presbytery in March, 2021). He became officially Honorably Retired in May 2020.  

He and Susan were married at the Princeton Seminary chapel in 2007 (she was Pastor of a church he had formerly served). Together they enjoy the theater, wine, traveling, canoeing, camping (at the Wild Goose Festival), learning and teaching the Enneagram, and movies. They share a commitment to social justice. 

Paul considers being “retired” as Act Three of his life, and is devoting his time to walking, riding his bicycle, reading, writing, singing, playing the trumpet, feeding the birds, meditating, learning how to be a clergy-spouse, and working around their new very old house and yard, including tending to the bees. He is a member of the COM of Geneva Presbytery. He has been the Recording Clerk of the Synod of the Northeast for several years and in 2023 he served as “Gap" Stated Clerk of the Presbytery of Boston for a few months. He also does guest preaching, using this as an opportunity to work through one of the most intriguing books of the Bible: “The Song of Songs.”