Our pastor at First United Methodist Church of Gordon is Dr Starr Bowen. A native Texan, Dr Bowen lived and studied in Scotland, where he earned a PhD in Theology and Ethics from St. Andrews University.
For 15 years he served as a missionary, teaching Bible and theology courses at seminaries in Mexico, Ecuador, Chile and Cuba. Prior to coming to Gordon in the spring of 2007, Pastor Starr served on staff at churches in Stephenville and Cleburne.
Pastor Starr’s wife Joy is a nursing student and his two younger children attend the Gordon public schools. He also has two older children living in Scotland.
In his spare time, Pastor Starr is an ardent fisherman and canoeist. He hand-crafts canoes and canoe paddles from cedar and other woods.