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First Presbyterian Church of Greenville
FPC announces arrival of new pastor
First Presbyterian Church of Greenville Ohio, a member congregation of
the Evangelical Presbyterian Church located on 114 E 4th Street in
downtown Greenville, announces the arrival of its new pastor, Andrew C.
Gilman. Pastor Gilman relocated with his wife Jenna and their two young
children Sienna and Shane, from Kettering Ohio.
Pastor Gilman, known as Pastor Andrew to the church community, grew up
in Saint Louis Missouri and received his Masters in Divinity from
Covenant Theological Seminary in 2015. Prior to that Andrew was the
pastor of a church in South Korea for nearly 7 years. It was in South
Korea where Pastor Andrew and Jenna met and began their family.
According to Andrew, Jenna has a heart for serving people in the church
by working to help those in need with food and a warm, joyful,
listening demeanor. Jenna also prays for people diligently with
sincerity when they ask for help.
In the year 2000 Pastor Andrew moved to South Korea to teach. While
there he planted a church along side others in the ex-pat community
living in Daegu. This church became one of the largest of its kind in
South Korea, with an English-speaking foreign pastor and elder
leadership, fully self-sustaining. Through this ministry teachers from
many different nations gathered to worship. They also served locally in
orphanages and sent teams to do mission work throughout countries of
far east Asia.
First Presbyterian church’s pastoral search team was diligent and
selective as they performed the search for our new pastor over a
14-month period. Pastor Andrew was invited to be, and became, First
Presbyterian’s Transitional Pastor in February of 2019. Nearly 18
months later Pastor Andrew accepted the invitation to become First
Presbyterian Church of Greenville’s pastor. Pastor Andrew looks forward
to applying the gifts of teaching and administration from God as he
seeks to shepherd the flock with grace and love of the gospel of Jesus
Christ. He is particularly interested in serving the children of
our community through new events and programming such as The Festival
of the Living King (Saturday April 4th at 12PM) and the Vacation Bible
School in August after fair week.
First Presbyterian church’s pastoral nominating committee is happy that
the Lord has led our church to this exemplary servant Pastor Andrew,
saying “We were looking for a man of God with a heart for the
community. What was appealing about Pastor Andrew was his experience in
preaching and teaching God’s Word as well as his heart to see all of
God’s people blessed under the grace of God.”
Pastor Andrew C Gilman’s installation service will be held on March
15th at 5PM in the sanctuary of First Presbyterian Church at 114 E 4th
Street in Greenville. All are welcome to attend.
Pastor Andrew and his family look forward to joining the community of
Greenville as ‘salt and light’ of the truth of the gospel of Jesus
Christ in the coming years.
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