Meet Our Ministry Team

Rev. Tim Hughes Wiliams is an ordained Teaching Elder in the Presbyterian Church (USA) and also a licensed clinical social worker (LMSW). He loves cities and churches and churches in cities. Tim likes to say that Fourth was his introduction to the Presbyterian Church when he interned there in 2005 before eventually serving as Director of Youth and Children’s Ministry (2008-2012). Tim went on to pastor two churches in Baltimore for over a decade before returning to the Boston area, and he’s delighted to have this opportunity to minister once again in Southie.

Tim holds a Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary and a Master of Social Work from Rutgers University. When not at Fourth, Tim works as a psychotherapist with a specialization in LGBTQ+ mental health and spends time with his husband and two children.

After a period of recording and performing as a professional musician, Burns Stanfield was ordained in 1991 as a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA) to pastor a congregation in a low-income neighborhood of South Boston. While this church was once near closing, it has since grown substantially and is now a vital community presence. It runs a community arts ministry, a large free summer day program, tutoring ministries, recovery efforts, and more.

Rev. Stanfield also teaches at Harvard Divinity School and Andover Newton Theological School.He continues to write music, perform and record. Family Prayers is a CD of original songs, and a follow-up is forthcoming.

The church’s community commitments have been recognized by the national Presbyterian Church, Harvard University, the South Boston community and the city of Boston.

Janine Warrington (she/they) started as the Director of Children’s and Youth Ministry in fall 2022. Originally, they are from Spokane, Washington. She then received their Master of Divinity from Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia in 2021. Janine loves kids of all ages, theatre, arts and crafts, snacks, and being silly.