Rev. Kallie Pitcock, Pastor
Kallie is a solo pastor behind the pine curtain, and ministry in Nacogdoches has been, in the best way, exactly what she didn't plan for.
A native of Graham, Texas, Kallie took a winding road to ordained ministry. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Special Education from Ole Miss, then a Master's and Educational Specialist in School Psychology, working for a year as a school psychologist. She spent time as a family photographer. She served as a deacon at La Jolla Presbyterian Church, taught Sunday school across multiple states and congregations, and worked as a youth minister at Burke Presbyterian Church in Virginia. Along the way, she married, raised three kids through the moves and rhythms of military family life, and kept listening for what the Spirit might be up to next.
That listening led her to Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, where she served as chapel beadle and graduated with a Master of Divinity in May 2020. She began her ordained ministry as the inaugural Pastoral Resident at St. Philip Presbyterian Church in Houston, a two-year residency focused on preaching, pastoral care, and church leadership under the mentorship of experienced pastoral leaders. During that same season, she participated in the Westmont New Frontiers Pastoral Cohort, a formation program for pastors in their first years of ministry.
Kallie came to Westminster in 2023. Since arriving, she has navigated a divorce and come out as gay openly and within the life of this congregation. Her faith and her ministry are marked by the kind of honesty that only comes from having been broken open and put back together by grace. Westminster walked that road with her, and it's part of what makes this community what it is.
Kallie's passions include liturgical renewal, congregational song, and the arts and aesthetics of worship. She was selected for the inaugural class of the Iowa Preachers Project in 2024, a cohort dedicated to strengthening proclamation in the local church. She has served as keynote speaker at the Mo-Ranch Junior High Jubilee, the St. Philip Presbyterian Women's Retreat, and the Women's Teach-in Day at Stephen F. Austin State University, and as workshop leader at the Mo-Ranch Women's Conference. She has written for Call to Worship, served on the planning team for the Presbyterian Association of Musicians conference at Montreat, and served on General Council for New Covenant Presbytery from 2020 to 2026. She does consulting work on congregational renewal. Outside the church, she served on the Nacogdoches ISD School Board from 2022 to 2025, and currently serves on Hunger Free Nacogdoches. She also teaches ballet and jazz, and still takes class herself.