John Hiller was recently named the Senior Pastor at First United Methodist Church Durant/Caddo.
He replaces Allen Carson who is now the pastor of the Weatherford First United Methodist Church. Before coming to Durant, Hiller was the associate pastor at Centenary UMC in Lawton.
He was ordained as an Elder at the 2024 Oklahoma Annual Conference. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Religion from Oklahoma City University in 2016 and a Master of Divinity from Duke Divinity School in 2020. During his time at Duke, he took an interest in Wesleyan studies and Methodist history, writing about the history of Methodist conferences in America, and contemporary General Conference.
HillergrewupinRingling.Heworked summers during college at Crosspoint Camp in Kingston as a lifeguard/ropes course facilitator. He currently serves as the Chair of the Crosspoint Site Development Committee.
Hiller met his wife Hannah while they were at OCU and together they attended Duke Divinity. Hannah grew up in Tulsa, OK and has worked with nonprofits and most recently as a library associate for community engagement at the Lawton Public Library. They have a 15-month-old son, Wesley.
John and Hannah enjoy playing with Wesley and cooking. Wesley likes to bring us books and will sometimes sit still long enough for us to read to him. John enjoys playing golf and disc golf and is a runner and chess player.
