Pastor Jim Pegan was appointed to serve First Methodist Church on May 1, 2025. Jim and his wife Susi were born and raised in rural Western New York and come to us after serving Methodist churches full-time in New York and North Carolina since 2001. Their family consists of a son, Jim, of Austin Texas and a daughter, Kati, who lives in Killeen Texas with her husband Jon and two young sons, Landon and Micah.

Jim began his professional life in 1988 as an educator in Western New York and experienced a call to ministry in 2000. He holds a master’s degree in education from the University at Buffalo and a master’s in divinity degree from Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky. He was ordained an elder in the United Methodist Church in 2011 and began serving the Global Methodist Church in 2022. Jim’s primary gifts for ministry include teaching, administration, wisdom, and helping others to maximize their gifts as they grow in their Christian faith.

Together, Jim and Susi have enjoyed getting to know the First Methodist Church Family and exploring their new setting in East Texas. They feel blessed to have been given the opportunity to serve the Lord in the greater Cedar Creek region and look forward to experiencing a move of God as new people are introduced to the good news of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the transformative power of a Spirit-filled, praying, and loving church family.