Rev. Ben Boswell

Ben is currently in his seventh year of ministry and his fourth year of ministry at Commonwealth Baptist. Before being installed as the Senior Pastor in September of 2008, Ben was the Associate Pastor for the church and worked primarily with youth and children.

Throughout the course of his life, Ben has held many different positions. As a teenager he worked in concessions at AMC movie theatre, as a young adult he was the manager of a record store and a Blockbuster video, as well as an officer and platoon leader in the US Army. Shortly before becoming a pastor, he served as a chaplain at Duke Hospital in Durham, NC.

In addition to his role as pastor at Commonwealth Baptist, Ben is also the adjunct professor of Christian Ethics at John Leland Seminary in Arlington, VA, and a Teaching Fellow at Catholic University in DC and sits on the board of NOVAM (the Northern Virginia Aids Ministry).

Ben has a BA in religion and philosophy from Campbell University, an Masters of Divinity from Duke Divinity School and is currently completing his Ph.D at the Catholic University of America in Ethics.

Ben lives with his wife Toni, her 12 year old sister Katelyn and their two dogs in the Lynnhaven area of Alexandria and enjoys reading theology, listening to indie rock music, and playing basketball.

Ben can be reached at 703.548.8000 or ben@commonwealthbaptistchurch.org

Kerry Phelps

Kerry has been the office administrator at Commonwealth Baptist Church since May of 2007. Her responsibilities include managing incoming calls to the office, keeping track of financial records and documentation, sorting the mail and paying the church bills, processing contributions and donations to the church, generating the weekly bulletin and information for the Sunday service, managing payroll and human resource duties for the church employees and the Abracadabra staff, and other administrative tasks as they arise. In other words, she really runs the show around here.

Her main goal is to keep the church operations running smoothly during the week, and to administratively support the pastoral staff.

Kerry can be reached at 703.548.8000 or kerry@commonwealthbaptistchurch.org

Daniel Brown

Daniel was welcomed as the Director of Youth in May of 2009. Originally from Memphis, TN, he’s been working with teenagers in the Northern Virginia area at churches and through a teen music venue called ‘The Wedge”. Daniel is a graphic artist, web designer, writer, and avid video gamer.