Our Pastor

Pastor Dominick and Rachel Grimaldi

Pastor Dominick Grimaldi is a reformed theologian with a shepherd’s heart. He graduated from Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary with a Master of Divinity degree and a Biblical Studies concentration in 2015. Pastor Dominick was married to Rachel on January 7, 2012. He was licensed and ordained into the gospel ministry by First Southern Baptist Church of Scottsdale.

You will find it easy to relate with Pastor Dominick, who has a unique ministry. Born and raised in New York City, he was introduced at an early age into a life of organized crime which ultimately led to time spent in Federal prison. God in his mercy used this time to draw Dominick to himself and reveal to him the plan he ordained for his life. Dominick preached for four and half years in prison before being released. He continued to speak in churches and conferences around the country until God called him as the senior pastor of First Southern Baptist Church Black Canyon City in 2010 where he served until God moved him to Desert Sky Baptist Church in 2016.

Just before coming to Desert Sky Baptist Church, Pastor Dominick underwent major brain surgery where the Lord preserved him through a brain aneurysm.