Dr. Isaiah Nengean
Dr. Isaiah Nengean was installed as Pastor of Outreach at an evening service on February 18, 2024. He writes: “It is a great honor to serve Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior. Out of his abundant love and mercy, Christ extended his saving grace to me; I confessed Christ as a child. For I was…
Rev. Jules Grisham
Jules is a native of Brooklyn, New York, with family roots going back in all directions to Ireland, Cuba, Spain, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Scotland, and England, by way of Mississippi and Texas, but raised in a Jewish-Irish atheist household in NYC. He studied political science at New York University (B.A., 1990), and then worked…
Rev. David Frerichs
Dave was raised in Nebraska before attending the University of Pennsylvania, where he received undergraduate degrees in business and bioengineering and a master’s degree in biotechnology. He then participated in the design, development, and manufacturing of novel biopharmaceutical products, first for a global medical device firm and then for a biotechnology startup. In 2008, Dave…
Dr. Robert Norris
Rob served as Senior Pastor of Fourth Presbyterian Church from 1984 – 2015 at which time he transitioned to the role of Teaching Pastor. He retired at the end of 2022. Born in South Wales, Rob surrendered himself to God on a Saturday evening at the age of 14. Then, at the encouragement of his…
Rev. Corey Gray
Corey has served at Fourth since 1991 and currently oversees many of the ministries at Fourth. His previous roles include Junior High Director, Senior High Director, Director of Adult Education, and 10 years as Pastor of Youth. A Bethesda native, Corey grew up in the Wood Acres neighborhood, graduated from Walt Whitman High School, and…
Dr. Todd M. Smedley
Todd was installed as Fourth’s eighth Senior Pastor on October 18, 2015. Raised in New Jersey, Todd first felt called to the ministry at age 11. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and English at Dickinson College. After graduation, while serving in youth ministry, he met and married his wife, Jennifer. In 2001,…