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Rev. Denis Frediani is the Pastor of the Evangelical Congregational
Church of Tyngsboro, MA., and the Director of Prison Aftercare
Resources for Vision New England.He has a Bachelors Degree in Bible from Gordon College and a Masters Degree in Christian Education from Denver Seminary. He has been in the pastoral ministry for over 28 years and has had a mentoring ministry for some 24 years. He has had the privilege of training many men for leadership in the local church and of intensively mentoring a number of men, several of whom are in some aspect of vocational ministry. Denis is an adjunct Professor of Discipleship in Community at Bethel Seminary of the East. Pastor Frediani believes that the local church is central in God's plan for the world (Mat. 16:18). He considers discipleship and mentoring to be a crucial part of the local church (2 Tim. 2:2). That is because a spiritual leader is called to "equip the saints for the work of the ministry" (Eph. 4:10f). He seeks to accomplish this through a mentoring process that produces leaders to aid in shepherding the Church and who can effectively impact their marketplace and neighborhood for the glory of God. Since he also has the gift of teaching, Pastor Frediani seeks to make even difficult truths and passages both understandable and relevant. 
Dave
Astolfi is a Pastoral Intern at the Evangelical Congregational
Church of Tyngsboro. He is a student at the Bethel Seminary of
the
East, working towards a Master of Divinity degree. While Dave is
currently employed as a semiconductor engineer, he plans on moving into
vocational ministry when his studies are completed. Working under the mentorship of Pastor Denis, Dave is serving the church in a variety of ways while augmenting his studies at seminary with "on-the-job" training in pastoral skills. You can listen to Dave's sermons here. 
Bernie Michaud is a Pastoral Intern at The Evangelical Congregational
Church of Tyngsboro. For the past fifteen years he has served in
different lay ministry positions in the greater Lowell area and is now
studying under Senior Pastor Denis Frediani in order to prepare for
ordination. Bernie works as an overnight counselor it a group
home setting and also assists at the church in various ways.You can listen to Bernie's sermons here. |