The church’s new pastor will be co-presiding over the funeral, even though she never met the former president.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter will be honored Thursday with the pageantry of a funeral in the nation’s capital and second service in his tiny Georgia hometown that launched a Depression-era farm boy to the world stage.

Late President Jimmy Carter's State Funeral ends Thursday in Washington, D.C., and Georgia, according to the United States Capitol Police.