New Charleston First Presbyterian Church Pastor Grant Gilliam grew up in Clinton, Mississippi, and met his wife, Jada, in the library at Mississippi College in 2014.
While there, Grant earned his degree in Christian Studies and participated in RUF campus ministry, where he developed a call to ministry within the Presbyterian Church in America.
Grant would continue his studies at Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson. While earning his Master of Divinity, he served at First Presbyterian Church of Crystal Springs and taught at Christ Covenant School in Ridgeland.
In 2020, the Lord called the Gilliams to Columbus, Georgia, where Grant was ordained as an assistant pastor at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church.
“During my time in Georgia, the Lord instilled in me a deeper desire to shepherd and preach along with a stirring to go back to Mississippi,” he said. “So, it was with great joy that I took the call to return home to pastor in Charleston!”
In his spare time, Grant loves to hike, camp, fish, watch soccer, keep up with baseball, read and drink “way too much coffee.”
Also, with two sons, 4-year-old Gray and 2-year-old Banks, and a 9-month-old daughter, Joan, he finds himself building Legos, assembling forts and wondering how what Jada cleans gets messy so fast!
