Reverend Demetrius T. Griffin

Faith in God, inspiration of the Holy Spirit, Unity, Mission and Honor. These are the spiritual seeds my Greater New Morning Star Baptist Church family has planted in me from my youth. They began as I first accepted the Lord Jesus into my heart at the age of 7. I even remember the date I was baptized, Sunday April 2, 1972. Those seeds continued to grow as I sang in the youth choir (the old school one, on 108th and Spring), served on the youth usher board, with the junior deacons, then as an ordained deacon, Sunday School teacher, VBS instructor, and ordained associate minister. 

By God’s grace, I have earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from California State Polytechnic University of Pomona, CA and have worked in aerospace for many years. By God’s hand I hold a Masters of Divinity degree from Fuller Theological Seminary; I rest not in degrees bestowed by professors of academia, but by the solid promise of God, His Son Jesus, and His powerful Holy Spirit; that He will never leave us nor forsake us.

Greater New Morning Star,

Let us continue to thrive in the things of God,

walk in the will of God,

and shine with the light of God.

Let us journey on, together, in Jesus’ name.

  – Rev. Demetrius T. Griffin, Pastor