Wade Griffith - Pastor

Pastor Wade Griffith was born in Decatur, AL, and has been married to his wife Julia for over 12 years. They have two sons, Wade III & Haines, and are thrilled to be in ministry in the Birmingham area. With a passionate interest in welcoming new families, creating outreach ministries, leading overseas missions and designing transformative worship, Wade loves to develop creative opportunities to invite friends and neighbors into the worship life of the church. 

Wade’s home church, Central United Methodist in Decatur, was truly a “home away from home” for him growing up and was a place where he first experienced the sacred gift of being a part of a loving and caring church family. With all the ups and downs of life, the joys and challenges of marriage and the holy responsibility of child-rearing, it is so vital to surround yourself and your family with a loving community of believers who can encourage you in your faith and help you to raise your children to love and follow Christ. 

As much as anything, this experience shaped Wade’s understanding of how God’s amazing grace works through the community of believers. If you haven’t ever experienced a community of unconditional love, acceptance and hope, join us for worship one Sunday at 8:30am or 11:00am and see what it is like to worship in a place where you are always greeted warmly and people know you by name. Grace is that kind of church!

Pastor Wade’s wife Julia is a graduate of Mississippi State University and works as an executive assistant at Nelson Brothers.  Prior to having children, she worked as an academic advisor in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Alabama. In her free time, she enjoys time with family, Sudoku, travel and above all, a good romantic comedy.

In his spare time, Pastor Wade likes to be outdoors whenever possible. His hobbies include crossfit, running, reading, backpacking, gardening, Crimson Tide football, travel and trying to avoid having to watch any romantic comedies!  ; )

Most of all, he loves spending time with the absolute love of his life, Julia, and their sons, Wade III and Haines. His favorite TV shows are "Pardon the Interruption" and any good British murder mysteries on Netflix or Amazon Prime.  His favorite book is Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry.

Wade attended college at Birmingham-Southern and seminary at Vanderbilt University.  Fun facts...Wade worked on cotton farms for three years, attended law school prior to seminary and worked as a ranger at Philmont Scout Camp while he was in college.

Contact wade at wade@gracebhm.org or by calling the church at (205) 951-7707.