Rev. Jason N. Gattis serves as the Senior Minister at First-Centenary.  In his twenty-four years of ministry as an ordained Elder in the Holston Conference of the United Methodist Church, he has served as District Superintendent of the Smoky Mountain District in Maryville, TN; and Pastor at Seymour UMC in Seymour, TN; Cokesbury UMC in Knoxville, TN; Keith Memorial UMC in Athens, TN; and Apison UMC in Apison, TN. Jason is a 1996 graduate of Birmingham-Southern College in Birmingham, AL with a major in Business Administration-Finance and a 2004 graduate of Emory University Candler School of Theology with a Master of Divinity. Before entering full-time ministry he spent 5 years in the banking industry as a Branch Manager and officer for AmSouth Bank in Birmingham, AL.

Jason currently serves on the Board of Directors for the YMCA, Hiwassee College, the Holston Foundation, Interfaith Federal Credit Union, and Chairs the Board of Trustees for the Holston Annual Conference. He formerly served the Board of Directors for Camp Lookout, Camp Wesley Woods, UTK Wesley Foundation, and Holston Methodist Federal Credit Union.

Jason is married to Amy Whedbee Gattis and they have three children: Mary Haisten, age 21; Nick, age 20; and Bradley, deceased 7/19/17.