Rev. Dr. Grace Bally-Balogun is a Lecturer in Pastoral Theology at St. Mellitus College. Before being ordained, Grace was widely involved in children and youth ministries and spent several years in lay leadership.
Grace has over two decades of commercial experience in IT, Retail, HR and business transformation programmes at top 100 UK companies. Today, she merges Leadership principles with theological depth. Her academic portfolio includes a Doctor of Ministry and Master of Arts in Church Ministries from the Pentecostal Theological Seminary (USA), as well as a Master of Arts in Christian Leadership from St Mellitus College (UK). Grace also holds an MSc in Computing and Manufacturing from the Open University, and a PgDip in Management Studies from Kingston University. Grace is a Trustee of Just Money Movement and Vice- Chair of Bringing Hope Ltd., a Birmingham-based charity that provides rehabilitation programmes for young men. She spends her spare time with her two young adult children, catching up with friends and learning the cello.
Areas of Expertise
- Christian Leadership
- Change and Culture in Faith-based Organisations
- Pastoral Theology
- Relational Trinitarianism
- Charismatic and Pentecostal Theologies
Upcoming Works
- "Leadership: Research and Practice" with Ronald Riggio (Editor), Routledge series (due Dec 2025)
- "Women in Christian Ministries – Challenges of the Gender Gap in the 21st century", Austin Macauley Publishers Ltd (due Dec 2025)