About our Pastor

Rev. Dr. Terrence
Grant-Malone

Dr. T. Grant-Malone is the Pastor of the Historic St. John

Missionary Baptist Church, Houston, TX. He is the loving

husband of Mrs. Valerie R. Davis Grant- Malone. He preached his

first sermon as Pastor of St. John, May 15, 2005. He was baptized

by the late Rev. Dr. G.W. Daniels at the Sunlight Baptist Church

in Beaumont, Texas. Rev. Grant-Malone accepted his call to the

ministry at the tender age of fifteen. He has served in various

ministerial capacities. Before God placed him at St. John, he

labored as a licensed and ordained minister at Fellowship Baptist

Church in Beaumont, Texas.

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While in undergraduate school, he served as the college minister

at the Mount Zion Baptist Church in Austin, TX, under the

leadership of the late Rev. Dr. G. V. Clark. Dr. Grant-Malone

served as the Vice-President of the National Baptist Youth and

Children’s Convention of America, Inc. He is a sought-after evangelist, educational facilitator, motivational / keynote speaker, and lecturer. He has spoken throughout all regions of the U. S. and even in other countries. He has

spoken in churches, schools, universities.

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Educational concentration has always been an essential part of his success. After graduating from Huston-Tillotson College in Austin, TX with a Bachelor of Arts in English, he went on to earn a Master of Arts and Doctor of

Philosophy Degrees in Christian Education from Aspen Theological Seminary in Denver, Colorado. Additional studies at Lamar University and special seminars at The Seminario Evangelico in San Juan, Puerto Rico have been

completed.

In local denominational work, Dr. Grant-Malone served as (FUDA) Fellowship United District Association of Texas-- Congress of Christian Education, first president. He now serves as Moderator of (FUDA) Fellowship United

District Association of Texas. In national denominational work, Dr. Grant-Malone served as a writer and instructor for the (NBCA) Congress and Christian Education. He also serves as the National Baptist Convention of America International, Inc.; National Director of the Youth and Children’s Convention.

Dr. Grant-Malone is a member of the oldest and most prestigious fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., was initiated at the Delta Chapter at Huston-Tillotson College in Austin, Texas and the Texas Council of Alpha Chapters

Chaplain, as well as the Southwest Regional Chaplain for Alpha Phi Alpha. He is recognized as a young yet an influential member of his community. Texas State Teachers Association, National Alliance of Black School Educators and a member of the National Education Association. He has completed the writing of a choral song with recording artist Jassette Whitaker-Simmons, Worship that is Worthy and has completed a Christmas single “Christ Our Lord.”

Politically, Dr. Grant-Malone has serves as a Senior Advisor to Congresswoman Shelia Jackson Lee of the 18th Congressional District in Texas and has advised United States Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton. He led the Texas Clergy for President Biden in his 2020 successful bid for U. S. President. He is also an activist in the Third Ward community of Houston, Texas. He is noted as a “force to be reckoned with” in the political arena. He has been a contributing force in higher education as a ten-year board trustee of Huston-Tillotson University in Austin, TX and now serves as a board trustee at Philander-Smith College in Little Rock, Ark.

Dr. Grant-Malone is a published contributing expositional writer in V. Michael McKay’s book of hymns, “God Talk: Sounds of a Sanctuary”. He has also produced several publications on Urban Outreach Ministry and the Role of Deacons in the local church. Dr. Grant-Malone is an articulate orator and an expositor par excellent. He is known for his intellectual capacity and

his high-spirited, powerful preaching. Like Moses, he is a leader, like Isaiah, he is a preacher of righteousness, like

David he is subject to human frailty, like Enoch he walks with God, like Daniel he knows the power of prayer, like Paul he is not ashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, like Jesus, he sacrifices himself for the good of others and is

truly a man of God, with a vision from God, for the people of God.