Terrance J. Rollerson

Rev. Terrance Rollerson grew up in the Bronx of New York and southern California and moved to Minnesota, where he earned a BA in Physical Education with an emphasis on corporate fitness from Bethel University. During his college years, he volunteered with Young Life, a ministry that reaches out to high school students, which eventually led to taking on the role of Area Director for St. Paul. It was during this time that Terrance felt God’s call into ministry.

While earning a Master of Divinity at Luther Seminary, Terrance served a couple of different churches as a youth director, minister of pastoral care,

From 2000 - 2007 he pastored his first church on the east side of St. Paul, hoping to help the church better reflect the diverse community that surrounded it. During that time, he founded God’s Closet, a free clothing store serving as many as 5000 adults and children a year.

In 2007, he planted The Compass Church on the east side of St. Paul. The vision was to be a church that was intentionally multi-ethnic in the heart of an urban community. That same passion for multi-ethnic urban ministry led to a friendship with Pastor Andy Gray and an eventual partnership with The Urban Refuge. After a year of working together and facing some
challenges as a small congregation, the pastors believed the Lord was leading them to work together more significantly.

In the fall of 2015, Rev. Terrance became a full-time member of the leadership team at Urban Refuge as co-pastor. He has brought help and support to Urban Refuge with pastoral counseling, multi-ethnic ministry experience, and small-group leadership. Terrance has a passion for multi-ethnic urban ministry alongside a deep desire to see people grow in a relationship with Christ as Lord through Biblical pastoral life coaching.

In 2018, He moved to Detroit, MI, to be the Sr. Pastor at a diverse urban church. In 2021 he moved back to Minnesota and currently serves as the Director of Intercultural Engagement and Belonging (Diversity Officer) for the University of Northwestern St. Paul. He also fills his time as an adjunct faculty and shepherding pastor at New City of Nations Church.

Terrance and Michelle have enjoyed married life since 1992 and are blessed to have two children, Micayla and Elijah.