Reverend Rashad D. Grove MDiv, MA
Reverend Rashad D. Grove MDiv, MA is the Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Wayne and he is a 6th Generation Baptist minister. On January 27st of 2013, the First Baptist Church of Wayne, PA voted unanimously to select Rev. Rashad D. Grove as its new pastor and at the 31 years of age, one of the youngest pastors in the history of the historic church.
He was born on January 22, 1982, and was educated in the Coatesville Area School district where he graduated in the year 2000. After being licensed to Gospel Ministry on July 18, 2004, he was ordained on April 26, 2009. He’s also a member of the Phi Theta Kappa honor society for academic achievement.
As a public theologian, Rev. Grove’s work has been featured in academic publications such, Patheos, Rhetoric, Race, and Religion, Religion Matters, and several others. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Baptist Association the oldest Baptist association in the country.
As a T.V., film, and music journalist, his work has appeared on BET, Billboard, MTV News, The History Channel, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Hip-Hop Collective at Harvard University, and many others.
He is a graduate of the State University of New York at Empire State College (Cum Laude) with a B.A. in African American Studies and a graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary with a Master of Divinity Degree and a Master of Arts Degree in Spirituality, Formation, and Mission. He also received a Certificate in Black Church Studies and a Certificate Women, Theology, and Gender. He received the prestigious The Matthew Anderson, Jonathan C. Gibbs, John B. Reeve Award by the faculty of the Department of History and Ecumenics.
Pastor Grove lives happily with his lovely wife Brandi, a graduate of The Art Institute of York, PA, their daughters Camille and Caris, and dog Oscar.
He was born on January 22, 1982, and was educated in the Coatesville Area School district where he graduated in the year 2000. After being licensed to Gospel Ministry on July 18, 2004, he was ordained on April 26, 2009. He’s also a member of the Phi Theta Kappa honor society for academic achievement.
As a public theologian, Rev. Grove’s work has been featured in academic publications such, Patheos, Rhetoric, Race, and Religion, Religion Matters, and several others. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Baptist Association the oldest Baptist association in the country.
As a T.V., film, and music journalist, his work has appeared on BET, Billboard, MTV News, The History Channel, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Hip-Hop Collective at Harvard University, and many others.
He is a graduate of the State University of New York at Empire State College (Cum Laude) with a B.A. in African American Studies and a graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary with a Master of Divinity Degree and a Master of Arts Degree in Spirituality, Formation, and Mission. He also received a Certificate in Black Church Studies and a Certificate Women, Theology, and Gender. He received the prestigious The Matthew Anderson, Jonathan C. Gibbs, John B. Reeve Award by the faculty of the Department of History and Ecumenics.
Pastor Grove lives happily with his lovely wife Brandi, a graduate of The Art Institute of York, PA, their daughters Camille and Caris, and dog Oscar.