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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.

Staying Put

My friend, Christ doesn’t do “drop-offs.” He doesn’t come for you to be with you, then take you a ways up the road of life just to drop you off. That’s not how grace works. When Christ comes for you … Continue reading

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Dr. King in Context, Part 6

Dr. King was most certainly a man who was “blues in the life of the mind and jazz in the ways of the world.” On Dr. King’s birthday I’ll share this lesser known text from a lesser known essay. It’s … Continue reading

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Dr. King in Context, Part 5

During the protests of last summer many who opposed them quoted Dr. King, especially if protests turned riotous. Dr. King was often taken to task when riots happened. He speaks to them in several speeches. I’ll offer something different today … Continue reading

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Dr. King in Context, Part 4

Prophetic speech is political speech, just not in the way we think. The same Dr. King that said: “Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus, but a moulder of consensus.” Where Do We Go From Here? (1968) … Continue reading

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Dr. King in Context, Part 3

It has become important to me that I not allow myself to package Dr. King’s legacy in a handful of quotes. It’s too easy to make him palatable and dishonor the struggle.  In the biblical tradition, Yahweh wanted his people … Continue reading

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