Rev. Dr. Warren Hornung
Senior Pastor
Warren was born and reared on a ranch in Gonzales County, Texas where he attended the Monthalia United Methodist Church. He graduated from Gonzales High School in 1956. He received his B.A. degree from Moody Bible Institute (Chicago) in 1959. He graduated from Wheaton College, Wheaton Illinois, in 1961 with honors, majoring in Anthropology.
Warren received a M.A. degree in Anthropology from the University of Texas in Austin and did doctoral work in Anthropology at the University of Chicago. He is an honors graduate of Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University (Master of Theology -- 1966). Warren received a Doctor of Ministry degree with highest honors from the Methodist School of Theology, Claremont, California in 1974.
Warren's previous pastorates include churches in Lombard, Illinois, and the First United Methodist, Carrollton, Texas, where Warren served as Associate Pastor and Youth Director. Anita and Warren served as United Methodist missionaries with the Board of Global Ministries in Santiago, Chile, from 1967 to 1973. Anita served as a Registered Nurse, and Warren taught at the Protestant Seminary, served as Associate Pastor of First United Methodist Church, Santiago, and also served as Treasurer of the Chilean Methodist Church.
The Hornungs then served St. Paul UMC in El Campo from 1973 to 1976. Warren served as the District Superintendent of the McAllen District of the Southwest Texas Annual Conference from 1989 to 1994. Warren was appointed to the FUMC, Kerrville, in 1994, and has been there since that time.
Anita and Warren married on July 2, 1960 in Niagara Falls, New York, which is Anita's home. They have two sons and three grandchildren. Warren's hobbies include hunting, fishing, farming, ranching, sports and snow skiing.
Warren may be contacted by email or by telephone at 830-257-0800.