Teaching Staff

The Holy Land Experience is privileged to feature a team of dedicated and passionate teachers and scholars who communicate information and inspiration to guests.

Bill Jones, Ph.D. Currently the Senior Bible teacher for the Holy Land Experience, Dr. Bill has degrees in Biblical Education and Educational Administration. He has been a classroom teacher and principal of two large Christian schools and has served as writer and conference speaker for a large international Christian school publisher. He has lectured both in and outside the continental U.S. to pastors and administrators on how to improve educational programs. Dr. Bill has served on the pastoral staff as Church Educational Minister for a large Baptist church in Orlando, served as the pastor of Starke Lake Baptist Church in Ocoee for four years, and he started and is currently the pastor of Acts Fellowship Baptist Church.

George L. Fredericks, Jr., Th.D. Currently a lecturer/researcher at the Holy Land Experience, Dr. Fredericks has completed his doctorate in Old Testament archaeology, and further studies in Dead Sea Scrolls, Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Aramaic, Ugaritic, & Coptic. He served as Academic Dean of South Florida Bible College & Theological Seminary, taught various classes for Moody Bible Institute, Tyndale Theological Seminary and Trinity International University. He served as a missionary in Honduras for three years and as a pastor in Texas and Florida. Dr. Fredericks was the editor responsible for updating the language in the Easy Reading King James Version Bible and has written articles for various Christian Publications including a number of articles for The Complete Biblical Library on the Hebrew Letter Gimel.