Dustin Ledford was elected superintendent of the Nebraska District on 6 June 2024. Ledford currently serves as the pastor of Carthage First Church of the Nazarene in Missouri.

“I am humbled by the opportunity to partner with the pastors and churches of Nebraska,” Ledford said. “I am excited to join Jesus on his mission to seek and save the lost.”

Dustin will begin his new assignment 6 July 2024. He will replace Daniel Cole, who has served as superintendent of the Nebraska District since 2011.

Ledford is a MidAmerica Nazarene University alumnus, graduating with his bachelor’s degree in 1992. He has ministered on the Joplin District since.
He served on staff at Carthage First Church of the Nazarene from 1992 to 1995 and then at Parsons Church of the Nazarene in Kansas from 1995 to 2000. In 2000, he began pastoring at Ava Highway Church of the Nazarene until 2006, when he returned to Carthage First as lead pastor.

Dustin and his wife, Kara, have two adult children and currently reside in Carthage, Missouri.