Madison Street United Methodist Church

The Rev. Cliff C. Wright, Jr. was appointed Senior Pastor of Madison Street UMC in June of 2011.  He has most recently served as the Senior Pastor of Brentwood United Methodist Church, a 7,500 member congregation in Brentwood, Tennessee. Prior to Brentwood UMC, he has served churches in Jackson, TN; Jackson, MS; Slidell, LA; Lubbock, TX; and Baton Rouge, LA. He is married to Amy Ragsdale Wright, a nursing home consultant pharmacist. They have two children, Adam and Meredith.  Cliff earned his Master of Divinity degree from Vanderbilt University and his B.S. degree from the University of Tennessee at Martin. He is a native of Union City, Tennessee.
 

The Rev. SungNam Kim was appointed as an associate pastor at Madison Street in June of 2011.  He was born in South Korea, and his desire for study in the area of theology led him to Candler School of Theology, Emory University, in Atlanta, GA. After earning his Masters of Divinity degree in 1991, he moved to Nashville in order to pursue advanced studies at Vanderbilt University. While majoring in Hebrew Bible, he was appointed to the Louisville Korean United Methodist Church and this opportunity guided him in deciding to minister in local churches.  He was ordained as deacon and elder in 1995 and 1999 respectively. In addition to the Louisville KUMC, he also served at Bethesda-Wesley Chapel UMC, St. John's UMC and Pegram UMC. He loves talking with people and enjoys practicing martial arts. He understands that one of his calls as a minister is to help people experience the love of God and share it with others. His wife, Hye-Young, works at Vanderbilt University as a research assistant professor. They have one daughter (Jung-Ha) and one son (YoungRae Peter).

The Rev. Jared Wilson was appointed to Madison Street UMC in August of 2003. He holds Bachelor of Music degrees in Organ Performance and Collaborative Piano from Middle Tennessee State University, the Master of Theological Studies degree in Liturgics and Religious Education from Vanderbilt University, and the Artist Diploma in Organ and Choral Scholarship from Oxford University in the United Kingdom.  He has completed post-graduate studies in theology at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C. and Oxford-Brookes University in the United Kingdom. Rev. Wilson is an ordained deacon in full-connection and a member of The Tennessee Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church.  He also serves as Adjunct Professor of Organ at Austin Peay State University.   He and his wife, Lacy, have two daughters, Ellie and Francie.