On behalf of the SPRC of First United Methodist Church of Pensacola, we are excited to announce that we will be welcoming the Rev. Brennan Peacock, as Associate Pastor, effective July 1, 2025. Pastor Brennan’s first Sunday with us will be July 6, with a welcome reception at 9:45am in The Wright Place.
Rev. Brennan Peacock, is deeply grateful to God and incredibly excited, to be coming home to Pensacola. Brennan brings a wide variety of experience and a heartfelt commitment to his faith and community. Raised in Pensacola, Brennan graduated from Washington High School. Although initially pursuing a career in hotel management for eight years, he eventually responded to God’s call to ordained ministry, a realization that had been with him since his high school youth group days, and made crystal clear on a retreat in North Carolina.
Brennan pursued higher education at the University of West Florida where he received a BA in History, followed by a Master of Divinity from Duke University. During his time at Duke, he developed the beginnings of strong friendships with Geoffrey Lentz and Emily Kincaid. The culmination of two decades of shared ministry in our conference has led to the opportunity to work with two long time friends and transformational leaders. Brennan’s ministerial leadership journey began with his first appointment in Mobile, Alabama, where he served as an associate for seven years, followed by leadership roles in several different congregations. Most recently, he served as the pastor of Luverne United Methodist over the last four years and as the pastor of Wesley UMC, a new church start in Troy, Alabama. Additionally, Brennan has worked as a Cultivator with the Annual Conference New Ministries Strategies Team, where he has been a part of a team working with new and existing churches to engage their communities in creative and intentional ways. Brennan has a heart for developing community through shared passions and interests, especially among those that the church has historically not served very well. He is looking forward to providing leadership in the ICON worship service and extending the culture of ICON into a new church and community in Beulah.
Brennan is married to Patti, and they have two sons, Eli (21) and Adam (19). Returning to Pensacola, Brennan is eager to renew connections to the community and to explore new ways that the love of God and the love of our neighbors can bear fruit in new places with new people. The prophet Isaiah, speaking for God, says, “I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” This promise of the creative and renewing power of God, guides Brennan’s ministry and he’s ready to begin this exciting new chapter here at First Church Pensacola. In Brennan’s words, “There’s nothing like coming home.”