He was also the founding editor and publisher of the Hollywood Free Paper which was a Christian response to countercultural underground newspapers.
As circulation grew rapidly from California to Europe, the Paper became the most widely distributed Jesus Movement publication.
[4] In 2005, Philip offered the Archdiocese's prison ministry to the Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas (SCOBA).
Later semi-retired, Pederson ministered to prisoners and those on the street, through homeless shelters, as well as serving various parishes in Southern California and Minnesota of the Antiochian Orthodox Church.
After his retirement, he returned to his home state of Minnesota where he served at St. George Church of West St.