Prentice Kinser III, B.A., M.B.A.,
M.Div., D.Min., CPC, NBCDCH, served as Executive Director and Pastoral
Counselor for the Blue Ridge Pastoral Counseling Centers (BRPCC) from 1992 to
1999. On November 1, 2010, Dr. Kinser retired as full-time Rector of St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Oak Grove, Virginia,
and St. James' Episcopal Church, Montross, Virginia, having served there since June 1,
2000. He also served as
Rector for 11 years at St. James' Episcopal Church, Warrenton, Virginia, and as Interim
Rector at the following churches: St. George's Episcopal Church, Fredericksburg,
Virginia; Trinity
Church, Washington, Virginia; and, Grace Church, Casanova, Virginia; and has served as a Sunday Supply Priest and Vacation Supply Priest at
numerous other Episcopal churches in the Diocese of
Virginia while working on his doctorate.
Dr. Kinser has provided professional
consultations, pastoral counseling and psychotherapy with individuals,
couples, and other clergy and mental health professionals, and has conducted workshops around the country. For example, Dr. Kinser has led Vestry retreats, spiritual
growth workshops, stop smoking, weight loss,
and performance enhancement programs. He has conducted training workshops
in clinical hypnotherapy for clergy, therapists, and health care professionals. He also founded PK WebSite Creations™ through which
he has provided world wide web site development services especially for churches,
small businesses, pastoral counseling
centers, medical offices, and other professionals. Dr. Kinser and
Rabbi Ian Walk founded the Institute of Pastoral Hypnotherapy during the 1990s,
providing training programs and certifications to clergy and mental health
professionals in clinical hypnotherapy.
Dr. Kinser has been an
ordained minister (Episcopal priest) for over 32 years. He earned a Doctor of Ministry
(DMin) degree in pastoral counseling and psychotherapy from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston,
Illinois, in cooperation with the Virginia Institute of Pastoral Care,
Richmond, Virginia ('97). He earned a Master of Divinity (MDiv) degree from the School of Theology,
University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee ('78), a Master of Business
Administration (MBA) degree from the University of Virginia Darden
Graduate School of Business Administration,
Charlottesville, Virginia ('67), and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree from Randolph-Macon College, Ashland,
Virginia ('61). He is
certified as a Pastoral Counselor and Fellow by the American Association of
Pastoral Counselors, and as a Diplomate by the National Board for Certified Clinical
Hypnotherapist.
After college Dr. Kinser
explored a variety of vocations as a chemistry and physics teacher, as
administrative assistant to the Dean of the University of Virginia Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, as vice
president of Motivational Concepts, Inc., as a real estate broker in
Charlottesville, Virginia, and even attended medical school for three
semesters at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. Dr. Kinser is
the
author of the doctoral thesis Prophecy, Trance and Transference: Hypnosis
as a Pastoral Counseling Modality, and of the book, Limitless Living, A
Guide to Unconventional Spiritual Exploration and Growth, published by
Ancient Otter Publishing®.
He
and his wife, Mary Ann, now reside in Ashland, Virginia (the "Center of
the Universe") and are parents of three
children and four grandchildren.
Dr. Kinser invites you to contact him
or to make an appointment to talk with him by sending a note via the US Postal
Service mail, to the following address:
The Rev. Prentice Kinser III, D.Min.
200-B Beverly Road
Ashland, VA 23005-1806
Dr. Kinser tries to respond promptly to all correspondence, and if you
send a phone number he will return your call as soon as possible.
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