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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.

He Knows What He’s About

This is a word from John Henry Newman that I cannot stop reading today. I hope it encourages you. “God has created me to do Him some definite service. He has committed some work to me which He has not … Continue reading

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The Prophetic Presence of David Benedict

I grow nostalgic as each year’s 3e Restoration Celebration comes around. I think about all who make 3e possible. I remember God’s faithfulness extended through WCC, without whom there would be no 3e. I remember the neighbors living through social … Continue reading

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Resurrection Hope

“Christians, it’s not resurrection hope if it does not liberate, love, and make whole. Too often we believe in a theology of Jesus that reinforces power dynamics and oppression rather than resist them and change them.”~ Dante Stewart, Pastor and … Continue reading

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Like Wind that Blows

Local Churches that are working for the good of the city are not usually the big, large, programmatic, wealthy, take-a-picture-of-an-event kind of churches. It’s the churches whose members are, because of Jesus, working for the good of the city in … Continue reading

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A Poem

Bombs fall. Bullets fly. Mothers fight. Children cry. World watches. Some deny. Blame shifts Pundits lie. Bombs fall. Bullets fly. God’s image-bearers die. ~ Written Feb. 26, 2022 I wrote this when war began. I look forward to writing one … Continue reading

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