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Faith Lutheran Church welcomes their new pastor Justin Cullen. He is pictured with his wife Kimberly and four children: Allison, Benjamin, Nathan and Mary.

•September 22, 2021•
Pastor Justin Cullen was born and raised along the Chesapeake Bay in Hampton Roads, Virginia and spent half of his childhood in the city of Hampton before moving to Urbanna, Va. Cullen grew up mainly around extended family (aunts, uncles, and cousins), who still live along the east coast. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Mark Lutheran Church (ELCA), Yorktown, Va. and attended an LCA turned ECLA parochial school in Hampton until the third grade. When he was a teenager, his parents moved to the LCMS because of developing doctrinal differences with the ELCA, and they attended a small LCMS church in Urbanna, Va.
Cullen graduated from Middlesex High School in 2002 with a class size of 47. His college experience was a little untraditional. Cullen joined the Virginia Army National Guard after graduating from high school and became a student at Virginia Commonwealth University, majoring in Political Science with a minor in Russian. However, Cullen transferred to the regular Army after only completing two academic years. While on active duty, he completed an Associate in General Studies from Central Texas College, a Bachelor of Science in Religion from Liberty University, and a Master of Arts in Pastoral Counseling from Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary. This was accomplished through night classes and distance learning.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.