First Presbyterian Church to install new pastor

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

The Rev. Rebecca “Becky” Anne Kahnt is the new pastor at First Presbyterian Church, 201 Wick Ave. She will be installed during a ceremony at 5 p.m. Sunday.

She earned a bachelor’s degree in youth ministry with a minors in psychology and theology at Eastern University in St. Davids, Pa., and received a master of divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, N.J.

She was ordained in the Presbyterian Church (USA) in August of 2006.

The Rev. Mrs. Kahnt has a certificate in youth and theology from the Institute of Youth Ministry of Princeton Theological Seminary and a certificate in spiritual direction from the Pneuma Institute in Pittsburgh. She is currently working on a doctorate of ministry in Reformed Christian Spirituality through Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.

She is a member of Spiritual Directors International.

Mrs. Kahnt served as director of youth ministry at the West Trenton Presbyterian Church in West Trenton, N.J., from September 2001 until June 2006; associate pastor for youth and their families at Morrisville Presbyterian Church in Morrisville, Pa., from July 2006 until March 2009; associate pastor at Gwynedd Square Presbyterian Church in Lansdale, Pa., from March 2009 until February 2013; and pastor of Trinity Presbyterian Church in Laurinburg, N.C., from February 2013 until August 2016.

She and her husband, David, have three children.