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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.

Praying

We prayed this prayer today for all affected by this terrible disease, including the President and his wife, and will continue praying. May all who have experienced loss from this terrible disease be comforted and may our nation and world … Continue reading

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In All Forms, Explicit or Implicit

I’ve said it before but maybe it’s worth repeating again. White supremacy in all forms, explicit or implicit, is a sin against God and humanity. White supremacy in all forms, explicit or implicit, is anti-life. White supremacy in all forms, … Continue reading

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Threads

To my Black brothers and sisters, I am sorry. I mourn today. You know too well what many deny, that Lady Justice has always peeped through her blindfold when justice needed to be to served on behalf of the Black … Continue reading

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A Truth that Describes

“He sent the message to the Israelites, proclaiming the good news of peace through Jesus Christ—He is Lord of all.” (Acts 10:36) Jesus is Lord of all and has no need for Caesar’s throne over Rome. If so, Jesus’s followers … Continue reading

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Clement of Alexandria Has Something to Say

Wise words from an early Church leader, Clement of Alexandria (CE 150–215). “Let, then, the Athenian follow the laws of Solon, and the Argive those of Phoroneus, and the Spartan those of Lycurgus: but if you enroll yourself as one … Continue reading

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