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Matthew Fretwell, D.Min.

Commander · DISC type D
Director of Spiritual Formation at World Relief
📍 Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States

Matthew Fretwell is a visionary leader and author serving as the Director of Spiritual Formation at World Relief. He specializes in organizational transformation, leadership development, and global movements, drawing from extensive experience in nonprofits, academia, and ministry. He holds a D. Min. in Strategic Leadership and a certification in using Generative AI.

Outside of his professional roles, Matthew is passionate about mentorship, collaboration, and fostering thriving communities. He is a prolific writer who has moved his personal articles to Substack. An unexpected interest is his culinary talent, having won a "Star Chefs Award" for the most outstanding entree at an event.

Unique fact: He won a peer-voted cooking award for creating the "Most Outstanding Entree. "

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Experience
31 Years
Current Role
Director of Spiritual Formation
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
Personality Overview

How Matthew shows up

Risk-Taker
Strong-Willed
Impact-Driven

They are very proud of what they do. They like to be in a position where they can control the conversation and terms. More than the product, they care about the effectiveness of the product.

Priorities

Topics Matthew cares about

Leadership Development
He develops and teaches university-level courses on leadership, crisis management, and creating leadership pipelines. He often writes about pastoral and church leadership.
Global Movements
As a Catalyst for the Lausanne Church Planting Network and in his writing, he focuses on global gospel saturation and cross-cultural engagement to create impact.
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Career

Work history

1-2023
Director of Spiritual Formation
World Relief
8-2022 - 1-2023
Adjunct Professor
College of Theology and Social Sciences in Warsaw
4-2022
Catalyst
Lausanne Church Planting Issue Network
8-2021 - 1-2023
Adjunct Professor
Grand Canyon University
8-2021 - 1-2023
Adjunct Professor/DMin Adviser
South University
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
2015 - 2017
D.Min. Strategic Leadership
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
2009 - 2011
M.Div.
Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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