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About Fred

Fred came to serve greater Williamsburg and WCC as lead pastor in October of 2010 and is grateful to be a part of the family. He is a husband, father, certified trauma professional, S.T.A.R. (strategies for trauma awareness & resilience) practitioner, community organizer, TEDx alum, founder of 3e Restoration, Inc. and co-owner of Philoxenia Culture LLC. He received his B.S. in Ministry/Bible at Amridge University and his Master’s of Religious Education in Missional Leadership from Rochester University. Currently he is a candidate for a Doctorate of Ministry in Contextual Theology in at Northern Seminary in Chicago. Fred also serves as an adjunct lecturer for William & Mary and has served as an adjunct professor for Rochester University and Regent University where he taught courses in philosophy, ethics, leadership, pastoral care, intro to Christianity, and ethnography. Fred has authored on book (Racialized Cultural Systems, Social Displacement and Christian Hospitality) and several curriculum offerings, including The FloorPlan: Living Toward Restoration & Resilience. Fred enjoys hanging out with his family anytime, anywhere. He is deeply grateful for how God graciously works through the Church in all her various forms, despite our brokenness. He is passionate about seeing the last, least, and lonely of every neighborhood, city and nation experience God’s in-breaking kingdom, and come to know Jesus as King. Oh, and his favorite season is Advent and Christmas. Fred serves on the advisory boards of Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center, Bacon Street Youth & Family Services, and FreeKind. He is also a founding member of the board of directors for Virginia Racial Healing Institute, a member of Greater Williamsburg Trauma-Informed Community Network's Racial Trauma Committee and Training Committee.

Thoughtful Faith in a Society of Thoughtless Fear

This is a snippet from a message I offered to Williamsburg Christian Church on Sunday October 27, 2024 entitled, “Prayers of Praise and Praise Songs in Major Key” It was a follow up to the previous week’s message on lament, … Continue reading

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Criminalizing Homelessness

I’ve learned many things after 22 years of walking with neighbors living through homelessness and counting them as true friends. One thing is that every single one of them refuses to give up and die. They want to live. Yet, … Continue reading

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Dr. Samuel Cartwright and the Anti-Liberation Consciousness

Dr. Samuel Cartwright, born in Fairfax County Virginia, was the son of Rev. John S. Cartwright. He was trained at a young age in the language of Greek and Latin and grew up to become one of the most prominent … Continue reading

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Wave upon Wave

We know that the realities of the reign of sin and death comes to us. Sometimes it feels like floodwaters dragging us out into the deep of an ocean of chaos where we feel like we are drowning in our … Continue reading

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Hospitality & Abundance, Conclusion

God’s abundance is revealed in surprising ways when Christ’s reign is working among and between a once-divided people now reconciled together in by the gospel. From the miraculous provision of God where circumstances are divinely woven together into a fabric … Continue reading

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