Meet OUR Pastor

Rev. Pugh is the youngest daughter and child of 13 siblings of the Late Rev. Rufus & Deaconess Lillie Washington. She is married to retired Sergeant Major Wiilliam R. Pugh and they reside in Fayetteville, NC.

 

Rev. Pugh was commissioned as a US Air Force Officer and is a Desert Storm veteran transferring her battle duties for a more excellent battle duty in the army of the Most High God. She was the Pastor of Friendship AME Church in Bolton, NC, Mt. Pleasant AME Church, Rowland NC, Mt. Horeb AME Church, Evergreen, NC and Island Creek AME Church, Rose Hill, NC. Now serve as Pastor to “The Church Who Is Better Together” St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church, Castle Hayne, NC. Her leadership skills has offered her opportunities to serve on various committees throughout the presiding elder district, conference and episcopal district.

 

The Lord being her helper, she is a builder of people, expounding on the truth according to the truth, the WORD of GOD.  She is a retired employee of the Federal Government.  She has a master’s degree in management from Webster University, will complete Master of Divinity (MDIV) from Payne Theological Seminary May 2024.  Rev. Pugh's home church is St. Luke AME Church, Fayetteville, NC.

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One of her favorite scriptures is Philippians 3:12-14 (MSG):
 

12  I'm not saying that I have this all together, that I have it made. But I am well on my way, reaching out for Christ, who has so wondrously reached out for me. 13  Friends, don't get me wrong: By no means do I count myself an expert in all of this, but I've got my eye on the goal, where God is beckoning us onward—to Jesus. 14  I'm off and running, and I'm not turning back.