Roderic Frohman, a fourth generation pastor, is a 1967 graduate of the University of California at Berkeley with a degree in American Intellectual History. He is twice graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary with a Master of Divinity Degree in 1971 and a Doctor of Ministry Degree in 1983. His dissertation was titled, "Pastoral Hospitality With Worship Visitors in a Multi-Racial Setting."  

Following seminary Rod served as a Pastor and community organizer with an Alinsky-affiliated organization in Philadelphia. In 1977 Rod became the Senior Pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Gary, Indiana until 1984 when he became the Senior Pastor of Grace-Trinity Community Church in Minneapolis, a Presbyterian and American Baptist Congregation. Rod joined the staff of Third Church in July of 1998 as the Associate Pastor for Church and Society. 

Dr. Frohman spends one third of his time working on issues of sprawl and regional planning. He is on the board of the Common Good Planning Center where he heads up the "Faith Communities Initiative."  He is the Treasurer of the Rochester Area Interfaith Hospitality Network, a program assisting homeless families
Rod's hobbies are baseball and genealogy. Rod's wife Marcia is a teacher trainer for the Success For All Foundation. Rod and Marcia have two adult daughters.   
   
"The purpose of Christian faith is not so much to escape hell or get to heaven, but to transform the world into the Kingdom of God."   
Rev Frohman