Minister Gloria J. Grant came to University Christian Church in January 2005. She is a graduate of Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, AL and Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C. She is a Baptist, associated with the American Baptist Churches, USA and is active in the D.C. Baptist Convention. Gloria and her husband, James, have been married for 38 years, have two grown children, Keena and Bryon, and one grandson, Cole, and they reside in Washington, D.C.