Our Pastors – Past and Present
In the early 1870’s, Methodist Circuit Rider, Rev. J. E. Miller served the Southern California area.
He preached every fourth Sunday in Anaheim
Our Pastors
Anaheim Methodist Episcopal Church
1878 | A. M. Leihy |
1883 | C. H. Bollinger |
1887 | D. O. Chamberlayne |
1890 | F. R. Holcomb |
1891 | R. S. Badger & F. R. Holcomb |
1892 | W. G. Cowan |
1895 | F. R. Holcomb |
1897 | J. A. White |
1900 | E. W. Pratt |
1902 | F. W. Johnson |
1903 | B. A. Johnson |
1905 | George Haffen |
1907 | L. J. Moore |
1910 | F. A. Ziegler |
1912 | C. H. M. Sutherland |
1916 | Harry W. White |
1918 | J. F. Humphrey |
1920 | Jas. S. Geissinger |
1925 | B. S. Haywood |
White Temple
First Methodist Church of Anaheim
Senior Pastors
1929 | Ralph W. Lee |
1932 | Ray C. Harker |
1936 | J. Kells Swenerton |
1940 | Irvin H. Engle |
1940 | Thomas L. Burden |
1945 | Hayden S. Sears |
1947 | Rollo E. Dunham |
1949 | Frank E. Butterworth |
1955 | Earl Kernahan |
1961 | Francis Cook |
1964 | Thomas R. Pendell |
1968 | George M. Raun |
Associate Pastors
1959-1961 | Dan R. Kennedy |
1959-1962 | John Fugitt |
1962-1963 | Arthur Hobson |
1964-1967 | Daniel M. Jordon |
1966 | G. Paul Keller |
1968 | Robert R. Ray |
1968 | Everett R. Felder |
1969 | Claude W. Young |
1970 | Robert P. Shuler III |
People's Church
Wesley Methodist Church
East Anaheim Methodist Church
Senior Pastors
1926 | Harold L. Thatcher |
1932 | William R. Thornton |
1934 | Solomon Maurice Cheek |
1936 | Henry F. Beavon |
1939 | G. Carroll Rector |
1941 | Fred M. Essig |
1942 | Harold Preston |
1946 | Leslie Sim |
1948 | Daniel F. Miller |
1951 | Wm. McKinley Walker |
1956 | Arthur A. Kent |
1960 | Gene M. Gehres |
1962 | Clyde E. Ervin |
1966 | John D. Robinson |
Associate Pastors
1970 | Robert P. Shuler III |
Anaheim United Methodist Church
Senior Pastors
1970 | Mark C. Trotter |
1976 | David O. Beadles |
1985 | Robert B. Shepard Jr. |
2000 | John W. Fanistil |
2004 | R. Preston Price |
2008 | Mike Bankhead |
2008 | David O. Beadles (interim) |
2009 | Ken McMillan (interim) |
2009 | Don Roe |
2014 | James Dollins |
2022 | Jessica Strysko |
Diaconal Ministers
1980-2005 | Mary Hibbard |
2014 | MJ. Buist |
Pastors Emeritus
Rev. David O. Beadles
Associate Pastors
1970 | Robert P. Shuler III |
1973 | Glendon E. Harris |
1975 | Harold P. Wayman |
1977 | Frank M. Gray |
1981 | John L. Giffin |
1985 | E. Clark Robb |
1988 | Tom Heslop |
1991 | James Thomann |
1993 | Bethellen Balikian |
1995 | Shannon Conklin-Dennis |
2002 | Paige Eaves |
2005 | Sheena Trotter-Dennis |
2007 | Dale Fredrickson |
2008 | Amanda Lunemann |
2010-2012 | Rey Guevera |
2017-2019 | Nicole Armstrong |