Rev. Charles R. Grisham

Charles R. Grisham was born December 16, 1930. He married Frances, on October 16, 1948, and out of that union came six children: Terry Lynn Grisham Bass, Lorna Kathleen Grisham Danvers (who died in 1995), Mark Anthony Grisham, Cheryl Denise Grisham Becton, Gregory Brent Grisham, and Daren Shane Grisham. Also, there are ten grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Brother Grisham was called to the ministry during the mid-fifties and has served in various capacities over the years in the church as well as the business world. These experiences include time served as an evangelist, associate pastor, and pastor. He later was elected to the Executive Board of the UPCI, as well as presbyter on the district board in the Michigan District.

In 1975, the Grishams moved to Hammond, Indiana. From there it was on to Fargo, North Dakota, where they pioneered their first home missions endeavor in their living room. He also became a pioneer missionary in the Great Plains development program of the UPCI. Brother Grisham was invited to come to World Evangelism Center and served two years as Home Missions Outreach Director.

In 1975, the Grishams made yet one more move to assume the pastorate of New Life Apostolic Church in Detroit, Michigan, where they remained some thirty-one years until retirement.

Brother Grisham helped to develop training materials on marriage and family, and young minister’s seminars. He wrote many articles and booklets that have been a blessing through the years.

In 2002 and 2008, Brother Grisham suffered multiple strokes and three heart attacks in 2009. The Lord spared his life and he and Sister Grisham enjoyed a quiet, yet deeply spiritual, time in their home and at their daughter and son-in-law, Ron Becton’s, church in West Nashville, Tennessee. He passed from this life on January 19, 2015.