Ministerial Staff

Dr. Craig Curry - Senior Minister
Rev. Doug Chapman - Minister of Missions & Evangelism
Dr. Keith Wiseman - Minister of Pastoral Care
Dr. Shera Atkinson - Minister of Spiritual Formation and Congregational Care
Rev. Bailey Barkley - Minister of Contemporary Worship and Young Adults
Dr. Mark Chaney-Director of Traditional Music and Senior Organist
Dan Smith - Assistant Organist
James Rotramel - Business Office Manager
Mel Kincaid - Director of Contemporary Music Ministries
Maralee Barrett - Director of Childcare
Charles Norton - Facilities Manager
Ginger Barbee- Interim Director of Youth Ministry.
Kristi Flake-Interim Director of Youth Ministry.
Larry Willis - Publications / Printing
Marilyn Murfee - Wedding and Church Events Coordinator
Melinda Lacy - Music Administrative Assistant
Tom Prather - Director of Audio / Television / Web
Sammie Prather - Director of Print Ministries
Sharon Young - Business Office Administrative Assistant
Stephanie Davis - Director of Parents' Day Out
Lauren Day - Administrative Assistant.
Jeanine Austin - Administrative Assistant
Julie Reynolds - Administrative Assistant

Dr. Craig Curry
Senior Minister
(806) 763-4607 ext. 242
ccurry@fumc.com

Dr. Curry has been the senior pastor of First United Methodist Church in Farmington, NM for the past nine years. He was born in Lubbock, but he grew up living in various communities on the South Plains. His father was a football coach in Floydada, Big Spring, Iran and Slaton. In 1982 He graduated from Texas Tech University with a B.A. Degree in History and Spanish minor. He received a Master of Divinity degree at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University in May 1986 and a Doctor of Ministry Degree from Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California in 1996. His dissertation was titled, Leading United Methodist Churches to Growth.

Dr. Curry is married and has four children. His wife is a graduate of both Monterey High School and Texas Tech University. She has been a licensed physical therapist since 1981.