The Rev. Dr. Prentice Kinser III is
the Rector of St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Oak Grove, Virginia,
and St. James' Episcopal Church, Montross.
Dr. Kinser is an ordained minister (Episcopal
priest since 1978), has received a
Doctor of Ministry degree in pastoral counseling and psychotherapy,
is certified as a Pastoral Counselor and Fellow of the American Association of Pastoral
Counselors, is a National Board Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, a Certified Trainer of Clinical Hypnotherapy,
and is a
husband, a father of three children, and a grandfather of four grandchildren.
Dr. Kinser served for eleven years as Rector of
St. James' Episcopal Church, Warrenton, Virginia, and has also served as Interim
Rector at St. George's Episcopal Church, Fredericksburg, at Trinity
Church, Washington, and, at Grace Church, Casanova, while their Rectors were on
Sabbatical, and has served as Associate Rector, and Supply Priest at other Episcopal churches in the Diocese of
Virginia and Diocese of Southwestern Virginia.
He was Executive Director and Pastoral
Counselor for the Blue Ridge Pastoral Counseling Centers, and has provided professional
consultations with individuals, churches and industry for a wide rage of
problems and needs. He founded PK WebSite Creations™ through which
he provided world wide web site development services especially for churches,
small businesses, pastoral counseling
centers, physicians and other professionals.
Dr. Kinser earned his B.A. from
Randolph-Macon College, his M.B.A. from the University of Virginia Darden
Graduate School of Business, his M.Div. from the University of the South School
of Theology, and his D.Min. from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary,
at the Northwestern University Campus, in cooperation with the Virginia Institute of
Pastoral Care.
He is the author of the doctoral thesis
Prophecy, Trance and Transference:
Hypnosis as a Pastoral Counseling Modality. He is also the author of the
book: Limitless Living, A Guide to
Unconventional Spiritual Exploration and Growth, and the soon to be published
text
Pastoral Hypnotherapy.
If you would like to communicate with Dr. Kinser you may write to him at St. James' & St. Peter's Churches, PO Box 177,
Montross, VA 22520.
