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Redemption Church Leadership

Redemption Church is blessed to have a leadership team who are truly dedicated to Christ and accomplishing His will. Following are brief bio's of our leadership team and their qualifications for ministry.

James & Didi Gray

Senior Pastors

Pastor(s) James and Didi Gray have been married for over 37 years and have an adult daughter Alyx.   They are initially from Long Island, New York, where they served as pastors for 15 years.   They were sent to Hopewell, Virginia, over 22 years ago with a mandate from God to reach and restore His broken people .  They connected and were ordained pastors under Redemption Ministries (IPHC).  In 2006, they joined with Pastor Chuck Crocker, who was given an apostolic commission to reach Hopewell and Chester with a transforming citywide Kingdom joint vision. Pastor(s) James and Didi have the same vision to train, impart, restore, heal, and empower God’s people.  God released them to serve in the Downtown  Hopewell campus for five years before merging with the “mother”  Chester church.   Together, the couple flows prophetically and loves to teach God’s  people; furthermore, they recently, as of June 2024, were installed as Senior Pastors while still serving in the following ministries : Director of Engage Food Pantry , “Toys-For-Tots’ , intercessory prayer , women’s/men's ministry , and discipleship training.

Pastor Didi is currently a chaplain for the Tri-Cities Hospitals for past six (6) years. She has expanded her ministry in the following ways: teaching prophetic and seer classes online, trains in intercessory prayer, and does individual/family marital/grief counseling.

Pastor James is a science teacher in the public schools for over 25 years. He has grown the Men's Ministry that impacts over five (5) churches and has a weekly YouTube channel on men issues that reach many countries. However, Jim and Didi passion is to bring healing and deliverance to the body of Christ.

Yours in Christ

Pastor(s) James and Didi Gray

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Pastor(s) James and Didi Gray have been married for over 37 years and have an adult daughter Alyx.   They are initially from Long Island, New York, where they served as pastors for 15 years.   They were sent to Hopewell, Virginia, over 22 years ago with a mandate from God to reach and restore His broken people .  They connected and were ordained pastors under Redemption Ministries (IPHC).  In 2006, they joined with Pastor Chuck Crocker, who was given an apostolic commission to reach Hopewell and Chester with a transforming citywide Kingdom joint vision. Pastor(s) James and Didi have the same vision to train, impart, restore, heal, and empower God’s people.  God released them to serve in the Downtown  Hopewell campus for five years before merging with the “mother”  Chester church.   Together, the couple flows prophetically and loves to teach God’s  people; furthermore, they recently, as of June 2024, were installed as Senior Pastors while still serving in the following ministries : Director of Engage Food Pantry , “Toys-For-Tots’ , intercessory prayer , women’s/men's ministry , and discipleship training.

Pastor Didi is currently a chaplain for the Tri-Cities Hospitals for past six (6) years. She has expanded her ministry in the following ways: teaching prophetic and seer classes online, trains in intercessory prayer, and does individual/family marital/grief counseling.

Pastor James is a science teacher in the public schools for over 25 years. He has grown the Men's Ministry that impacts over five (5) churches and has a weekly YouTube channel on men issues that reach many countries. However, Jim and Didi passion is to bring healing and deliverance to the body of Christ.

Yours in Christ

Pastor(s) James and Didi Gray

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