Knox College announces honorary doctorate recipient for 2023
Photo by Debbie Bush.
Principal Ernest van Eck and the Knox College Board of Governors are pleased to announce the Rev. Peter Bush as recipient of the degree Doctor of Divinity (honoris causa) for 2023. Knox College will confer the degree at this year’s Convocation service, May 27, 2pm at Convocation Hall.
Peter Bush graduated from Knox College in 1989 with a Master of Divinity degree. He was minister at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Flin Flon (Man.), Westwood Presbyterian Church in Winnipeg (Man.), and Knox Presbyterian Church in Mitchell (Ont.); he is currently the lead minister at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Fergus (Ont.).
Rev. Bush has served the national church as a member of the Committee on History, the Committee on Church Doctrine, and the Pension and Benefits Board. He has been a long-time member and contributor to the Canadian Society of Presbyterian History. He was also the Moderator of the 143rd General Assembly of The Presbyterian Church in Canada.
His writings include three books: Western Challenge: The Presbyterian Church in Canadian Mission on the Prairies and the North, 1885-1935 (2000); Where 20 or 30 are Gathered: Leading Worship in the Small Church with Christine O’Reilly (2006); and In Dying we are Born: the Challenge and the Hope for Congregations (2008).
Rev. Bush has clearly demonstrated extraordinary commitment to his calling to God’s ministry – within congregational settings, in affairs of public life and the academic world, and through his pastoral ministry, writings, creative leadership, and meaningful and healing personal connections in broader society.
Knox College’s 179th Convocation will include conferral of degrees upon the Class of 2023 as well as special recognition of the Classes of 2020, 2021, and 2022, who graduated under COVID restrictions. Find more information here.