Biblical Greece

Bill has been the Executive Director of the Center for Christian Study since 2009. He came to the Study Center as the Director of Graduate Ministries in 1999, fresh from two years with his family in Ogbomosho, Nigeria, where he taught the Bible at the Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary. Before that he received his undergraduate degree in German and English at Guilford College, his M.Div. from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and his Ph.D. from Union Theological Seminary in Virginia.

The author of several journal articles and one monograph on the Bible (especially Galatians), Bill loves to teach and discuss Scripture, especially anything pertaining to the resurrection of Jesus (which is everything). He and his wife, Nicolien, have four children, four engrafted children (in-law), and nine grandchildren. They are members of Trinity Presbyterian Church in Charlottesville. 

Fitz holds a B.A. in religion from The George Washington University and a Masters from the University of Virginia. He has studied (and likes talking about!) how early church leaders read and interpreted the Bible. Fitz manages the Programs and Ministry team at the Study Center, leads the Graduate Christian Fellowship, plans our lectures, and oversees our small groups.

Our resident expert on a wide variety of topics, Fitz loves unplanned conversations around the kitchen island and can often be found there, warming up his coffee and talking to students about Origen, sumo wrestling, or church history.

Fitz is a priest in the Anglican Church in North America, at Church of the Resurrection in Charlottesville.  He and his wife, Rachael, have five children.