Guest Preacher

Rev. Brian Frederick-Gray

Rev. Brian Frederick-Gray serves as the Director for Justice and Advocacy Ministry with Disciples Home Missions, where his work seeks to empower Disciples to use our voices and our actions to promote greater justice and mercy in the world. He also serves in a part-time capacity as Director for Mission Support & The Peace Intern Program with Disciples Peace Fellowship, where he has been responsible for strengthening connections with the wider church while equipping young adults as ambassadors for peace and justice.

Prior to his current roles, he served for seven years as Senior Minister at First Christian Church in Scottsdale, AZ, where he helped revitalize the congregation for mission and ministry.

Rev. Frederick-Gray has extensive experience participating with, and providing leadership to, organizations that do justice and advocacy work. He is a co-facilitator for the Disciples Justice Ministries Working Group, serves on the Executive Committee of the Interfaith Immigration Coalition, and is a Member of the National Council of Churches Reparatory Justice Table, and he just completed a term as a Public Theology Fellow with Wesley Theological Seminary.

Brian lives in Bloomington, IN with his wife (the Rev. Dr. Susan Frederick-Gray), and they have a 19-year-old son who is a Sophmore at Chapman University and a 6-year Cavalier King Charles Spaniel named Hercules.