Frs. Gabriel Weller and John Whiteford discuss parish planting in the South. With their unique experiences of being priests and shepherding flocks in the Old Dominion and Lone Star State respectively, the good fathers share wisdom on a topic which is extremely relevant as the Church continues to grow in Dixie.
Fr. Gabriel is an Archpriest in Mount Crawford, Virginia. Holy Myrrhbearers Orthodox Christian Church, which he has been actively building on almost 8 acres in the Western Central Shenandoah, started as a mission in Harrisonburg in 2012, with the Blessing of Met. Hilarion of blessed memory. Fr. Gabriel is a convert and a Virginia native and has lived in Tidewater and Augusta and Rockingham Counties of the Shenandoah Valley. He spent his early years farming and then installing and servicing electronic fire, security, access control and video surveillance systems before focusing entirely on church life.
Fr. John is head priest at St. Jonah Orthodox Church in Spring, Texas, and a co-founder of the Ludwell Orthodox Fellowship. He’s a former Nazarene Associate Pastor who in November 1990 converted to the Orthodox Faith soon after completing his B.A. in Theology at Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, Oklahoma. Father John’s the author of “Sola Scriptura: An Orthodox Analysis of the Cornerstone of Reformation Theology” and the general editor of the “St. Innocent Liturgical Calendar.” You can also read his writings at his blog aptly titled Fr. John Whiteford, as well as his new Substack.
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