James Diggs began serving as Pastor of Chestertown Church of the Nazarene in August 2014 and currently also works for the Samaritan Group here in Chestertown as the Director of the emergency winter homeless shelter. Pastor Diggs is a native Marylander who grew up in Prince Georges County. Before coming to Chestertown he served as Pastor of the Corridor in Glen Burnie Maryland for seven years and has also worked several years for a homeless shelter in Washington DC.  James has also been a House Parent working with at risk boys from Gary Indiana and Chicago and has held various other ministry positions over the years. Pastor Diggs holds a Bachelor’s in Pastoral Ministry and Theology and is an Ordained Elder in the Church of the Nazarene.

James has been married to his wife Karrie since 1994 and they have three grown children together.

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