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Rev. George N. Frederick |
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Spectrum 2000 Project Team Member |
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Sr. Pastor, Calvary-Roseville United Methodist Church Northern New Jersey Conference East Orange, NJ |
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The Rev. George Frederick was born in Georgetown, Guyana. He is married to Marjorie Worrell, originally from Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. The couple has a son,
Ronald, two daughters, Carla and Simone, and three grandsons. The Rev. Frederick did his early education, including High School, on the Island of |
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Tobago. He worked for five years as an Exchange Technician with the Telephone Service in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, before going to Jamaica to study for the
Ministry at Union Theological Seminary. The Rev. Frederick received a Master’s degree in Theology from Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis, Indiana, as well as an M.S. in Education, with a minor in Communications from Purdue University,
Indiana. He did studies in communications in Nairobi, Kenya, as well as in Birmingham and London, England. He received a World Council of Churches Scholarship and did research in ten countries in Africa on Evangelism and Communication.
The Rev.
Frederick, over the years, has provided leadership and training in a variety of areas including Audio Visuals, Broadcasting and drama. He has also provided outdoor education in conjunction with Rustic Camps, Health and Welfare Ministries. He has
served with the Caribbean Council of Churches as Coordinator of its Communicarib program as well as Assistant Director of its Audio-Visual Center in Georgetown, Guyana. He headed the communication’s commission of the Guyana Council of Churches for four
years and served the Methodist Church in Guyana for ten years in various positions, including Secretary of the Synod and producer of its weekly radio program.
In Indiana, Rev. Frederick’s served on Conference Boards and Committees of the North
Indiana United Methodist Conference, as well as on the Board of Directors of Methodist Hospitals in North West Indiana. He also produced weekly Radio programs for the church in South Bend, Indiana. Currently, the Rev. Frederick is in his ninth year in
the Northern New Jersey Conference at the 400 membership Calvary-Roseville UMC in East Orange. Recently, he spearheaded a four-year rebuilding program of Calvary-Roseville Church. This $7 million project replaces the previous landmark structure, which
was destroyed by fire in April 1992.
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