Ian joined our ministerial staff in 2022 after serving as Associate Pastor of Faith Formation and Social Justice at United Church of Chapel Hill. Before returning to their home state, Ian served in youth and children's ministry at West End Collegiate Church in New York City, where they studied Christian Social Ethics at Union Theological Seminary. Ian is also a graduate of Saint Louis University (M.A., American History) and Campbell University.

An ordained minister of the United Church of Christ, Ian accompanies communities that are inspired by ancient wisdom in their pursuit of personal, communal, and societal transformation. They are a Christian educator and organizer called to equip the church in its pursuit of the just social order Christ envisioned; civic formation is their watchword and vocational lodestar. Like their spiritual forebears, the Charismatics and Pentecostals, Ian's call weaves together deep attentiveness to personal spiritual gifts and fiery devotion to the Spirit’s transgressive work through (and for the sake of) community.

imcpherson@pullen.org