Pastor Derek Anthony Rimson is identified as a young dynamic Twenty-first century “apostle” who has entrenched, built and established numerous ministries in the cities of Detroit, Michigan, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Carson, California. Apostle Derek A. Rimson who is the only son of Booker T. and Irveene Rimson is a native of Detroit, Michigan. Married to Mrs. Terrie Maria Gardner-Rimson for more than sixteen years and the father of two beautiful children Jayde Latryce, Deryck Anthony and a beautiful granddaughter Jinji Marie, he is a fourth generation Church of God in Christ pastor and preacher tutored by some of the great patriarchs of the Church of God in Christ. This young man who is loaded with unlimited vision, creativity and greatness now serves as the Senior Pastor of the New Liberty Institutional Church of God in Christ in the city of Los Angeles, California. Appointed on Sunday, December 12, 2004 by the acclaimed Bishop Charles E. Blake, who presently serves as the First Assistant Presiding Bishop of the Church of God in Christ and Prelate of the largest jurisdiction in the Church of God in Christ, which is the First Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction of Southern California and who officially installed him as pastor on 9/11 2005, has recently begun to rebuild this historic church icon located in the heart of South Central LA within the distinguished corridor of the historic jazz district. Apostle Rimson with the help of the Lord has taking this 42-year old once declining ministry and has begun to successfully rebuild the congregation. In addition, he has spear headed the renovation of the properties owned and operated by the church, which has increase the appraised value of this one acre parcel to over $1.6 million. This youthful and explosive envoy of Jesus Christ has faithfully traveled across the beneath and length of the United States preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ for more than 24 years. Being a young man graphed into a family with a wealthy patrimony, this anointed son of the Church is four generations later continuing the legacy of his grandfather, the late Superintendent Booker T. Rimson, Senior and his ecclesiastical mentor, the late Bishop William M. Rimson who between these two giants preached and pastured for a combined total of more than 150 years. This young rising pulpitarian is steadily becoming one of the Body of Christ’s most sought out preachers of this Twenty-first century who preaches an uncompromised gospel with an explosive anointing that changes and impacts lives of those who come in contact with his anointed and power-pact ministry.
