Staff Pastor
Rev. Dr. Nerissa Grigsby serves as the Pastor of Children at Friendship-West.
Nerissa Grigsby was licensed to preach the gospel on December 19th 2003. She served as the Youth and Young Adult Pastor of Central Baptist Church in Pittsburgh, PA, where her father, Rev. Dr. Victor J. Grigsby is now the Pastor Emeritus. She served as the Youth & Young Adult Pastor until 2010 and on December 5th 2010, she completed her catechism and was ordained. She was then appointed as the Associate Pastor of Worship, where she served 11 different ministries. She has since served in various ministries and churches across the East coast and mid-West. She has also climbed the corporate ladder and branched into entrepreneurship. She is also an author of 2 books that have been self-published entitled: “The Best Me” (a children’s book) and R.E.B.E.L. Faith 30 Day Devotional.
Rev. Grigsby has a Bachelor of Arts degree from California University of PA where she majored in communications with a concentration in public relations and business management; and Master of Arts degree from Point Park University where she majored in Organizational Leadership and International Business. She received her Master of Divinity (MDiv) degree, graduating Magna Cum Laude, from Southern Methodist University (SMU) Perkins School of Theology. She also graduated from SMU with a Doctorate of Ministry (DMin) degree, graduating with high honors.
Rev. Grigsby loves God and has a heart for lost souls. She speaks to every generation, with Jesus’ message of hope, empowerment and love. She desires for every unbeliever to be saved and for believers in Christ to possess their God-given purpose and be effective in the Kingdom of God! Her assignment in the Kingdom is to do what the Lord told her:
The word of the LORD came to her, saying, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” Then the LORD reached out his hand and touched her mouth and said, “I have put my words in your mouth. See, today I appoint you over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant.”
Jeremiah 1:4-5, 9-10
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