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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.

Holy Week: Monday’s Prayer

Monday’s Prayer for Holy Week by Theologian Walter Brueggemann:The pushing and shoving of the world is endless,We are pushed and shoved.And we do our fair share of pushing and shovingin our great anxiety.And in the middle of thatyou have set down … Continue reading

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The Gospel and Cultures: The location of the gospel story

Originally posted on Dei-liberations:
This piece is written primarily for the benefit of my grad students who are taking an online class, Gospel and Cultures. I think it’s pretty important stuff for all of us to think about though. So,…

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Jesus, Her, Me and Stoning-Circles

Many of us know this story in John 8, but just to be sure we catch the details I thought I’d repost the story here: “At dawn He [Jesus] went to the temple complex again, and all the people were coming … Continue reading

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There Are Many Ways To Speak ‘The Truth,’ I Suppose

There are many ways to speak truth, I suppose. To the overweight person I could say, “Why would you want to get fat by eating too much? Why wouldn’t you try and exercise some self-control and pull away from the … Continue reading

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Pete’s Story and Irrelevant Social Clubs With No Meaning

From his Birmingham jail cell in 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King wrote: “If today’s Church does not recapture the sacrificial spirit of the early Church, it will lose its authenticity, forfeit the loyalty of millions, and be dismissed as an … Continue reading

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