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The Rev. Dr. Prentice Kinser III

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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