It is with utmost excitement and pleasure we announce that as of September 29, 2024 our new pastor is the Reverend Micah Nutter Dowling.

Rev. Micah Nutter Dowling is originally from Birmingham, Alabama and arrived in Buffalo in 2019, where he most recently served as Director of Youth Ministry and Community Engagement at Westminster Presbyterian Church. His education includes an undergraduate degree from Southeastern Bible College (2008) and a Master of Divinity degree from Columbia Theological Seminary (2016), as well as a Certificate in Equitable Community Change from Cornell University (2022).

Ordained as a PCUSA Teaching Elder in Auburn, Alabama in 2016, Micah already had 10 years worth of youth ministry experience in Birmingham. He went on to lead in various pastoral roles in congregations within the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta, where he served as chaplain, youth minister, associate pastor and mission trip coordinator. Micah has most recently had extensive ministry experience in the Presbytery of WNY in supply preaching, session moderation, mission committee development, pastoral care, and young adult ministry as well as serving on the Committee Of Ministry and the Camp Duffield board. Micah’s greater community outreach this summer has included the Westminster Economic Development Initiative (WEDI) Energy-Fly program, Buffalo Federation of Neighborhood Centers, Camp Massanetta and Friends of Night People.

Micah loves music, sports and relational work with all ages. He also LOVES tacos. Micah lives in Buffalo with his wonderful wife Katelyn who pastors at Westminster Presbyterian Church.