Howard has served as Pastor/Head of Staff at the Kirk of Kildaire since January 2024. He is a lifelong Presbyterian who was raised right here in the Triangle at Wake Forest Presbyterian Church. He is a graduate of Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, Virginia and comes to the Kirk after serving First Presbyterian Church in Dunn, NC. He previously worked as a campus minister at the University of Mississippi and Virginia Commonwealth University. He is a Zick Preaching Scholar and has frequently served as keynote speaker and worship leader at retreats and conferences around the country, including the Montreat Youth Conference and Massanetta Middle School Conference. He is married to Meg (Margaret) Lindsay Dudley, who is also an ordained Presbyterian pastor, and together they raise their two children, Lindsay and Julia. 

For Howard, the Good News is this:  in life and in death, we are not our own but belong to a God who has claimed us in grace and forgiveness in Jesus Christ.