Pastor
Michael W. Frye grew up in Kannapolis, North Carolina,
the first of five children. He graduated from A. L.
Brown High School in Kannapolis, received a Bachelor
of Arts Degree in History from Lenoir-Rhyne College
in Hickory, North Carolina in 1969, and a Master of
Divinity Degree from Lutheran Theological Southern
Seminary in Columbia, South Carolina in 1973. In 1987
he received the Doctor of Ministry Degree in Marriage
and Family from Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Pastor
Frye has served parishes in Salisbury, Charlotte and
Gastonia, North Carolina, as well as a congregation
in Dallas, Texas. He began his call as Senior Pastor
of Grace Lutheran Church in May of 2001. In the North
Carolina Synod he has served as chairman of the Youth
Ministry and the Family Life Committees and president
of the North Carolina Luther League. He has served
on the Board of Directors of Lutheran Family Services
in North Carolina, and presently serves on the Board
of Trustees of Lenoir-Rhyne College. His church-wide
activities include service as a youth caravaner to
the Luther League of the Lutheran Church in the Eastern
Pennsylvania Synod. In 1972 he served as a delegate
to the Lutheran Church in America (LCA) Assembly in
Dallas, Texas, and as delegate to the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Assembly in Orlando,
Florida in 1991.
Pastor
Frye and Judy Sloop met their senior year in high
school and were married after graduating from Lenoir-Rhyne
College in 1969. They have two daughters, Elizabeth
and Jennifer. Judy is a piano teacher and teaches
at Knightdale and Lockhart Elementary Schools.
