Rev. Grace Imathiu

The Rev. Grace Imathiu is Senior Pastor of First United Methodist Church – Evanston, IL.  She has also served churches in Kenya as a church planter; a superintendent minister overseeing 68 rural churches in Nkubu; and an urban minister to an ecumenical congregation in Nairobi with strong outreach to the neighboring slums of Kawangware. Pastor Grace is intimately familiar with the Church in its many theological expressions and social locations.

For Rev. Imathiu “the world is her parish”. As an African who is married to a European and is raising an American son, Grace is committed to advocating for the inclusion of all people. She has preached in Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, Togo, Liberia, Denmark, Australia, Malaysia, Brazil, and all throughout the United States.  Grace is married to David Hay Jones and together they are the parents of one child.

This is Rev. Imathiu’s third visit to Bay View.

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