Rev. Dr. Charles R. Millikan

Dr. Charles Millikan is the Vice-President for Spiritual Care and Values Integration for The Methodist Hospital System of Houston. Born at The Methodist Hospital he has returned after serving as a parish pastor and as a member of the Bishop’s Cabinet in the Texas Annual Conference. He received his Local Preacher’s License at 18 years of age in Houston, Texas. He was ordained to the Order of Deacon and later to the Order of Elder in 1969 and 1973 respectively. Dr. Millikan is a graduate of Southwestern University (TX) with a Bachelors of Arts degree in Philosophy in 1968; The Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University with a Masters of Theology degree in 1971; and Drew University with a Doctorate of Ministry degree in 1984. He has served churches throughout the East Texas and Houston areas. Starting at New Caney and Porter in the early 1970s he moved on to St. Peter’s in Katy, Seabrook, and Galveston’s Moody Memorial Church before being appointed to the Bishop’s Cabinet in 2001 overseeing first the Palestine District in East Texas and later the Houston South District with its 45,000 members. Honors awarded include Dr. Millikan’s has having been named the Distinguished Alumnus for Southern Methodist University’s Perkins School of Theology in 2000. As a member of Toastmasters International he was a Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) and recognized as the Outstanding Club President and the Eastern Division Lt. Governor over District 25. While at Southwestern University he was named to Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities and was the recipient of the David Knox Porter Award as being the most outstanding pre-theological student his senior year. It was during his ministry at the Moody Church in Galveston that millions of dollars in grants were awarded to work and ministries throughout Texas and the world. Also, the Moody Church Permanent Endowment Fund Foundation more than tripled in size from $6M to 20M in the 8 years he was there as the Senior Pastor. It was during this time also that the Church expanded its facilities by an additional $11M and a new Moody House for residents in the Edgewater Methodist Retirement Community was built for $13M. Working closely with the Bishop of the Texas Annual Conference, The Board of Ordained Ministry, and Southern Methodist University, the Houston/Galveston Extension Program was added to the Perkins School of Theology, which increased the seminary’s enrollment overall by 20% and helped to cut short the shortage of Methodist clergy in Texas. Dr. Millikan’s family includes his wife Laura and their three children and their spouses; Kevin and his wife Kelly and their daughter Kenedy in Fort Worth, Kristin her husband Wil in Austin; and Katy and her husband Neal in Los Angeles.