Meet Our Staff

Casey Grist - Missionary/Ministry Outreach and Volunteer Coordinator

Casey Grist is a missionary with Light of Messiah Ministries and a third generation believer in Jesus. Her family’s lineage traces back to Polish, German, Dutch and even Spanish roots. She was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio, where she attended Ohio State University and is degreed in Fashion Merchandising. She also is certified in Christian Counseling. She has been a believer for 25 years.

Since the mid 1990’s the Lord began to pull Casey out of the secular world and placed a missionary call on her life. She received training in Jewish evangelism with Jews for Jesus and has been a volunteer co-laborer with them since 2001. Casey has been on staff with Light of Messiah Ministries since 2002. She also is a counselor in a local crisis pregnancy center.

Since beginning with Light of Messiah Ministries, Casey has ministered all over the United States and overseas in Canada, Israel and Poland. She has a heart for working with Multi-Ethnic Jewish people and ministers to the many Russian Jews in Atlanta as well as the Orthodox Jewish Community. She has spent time working amongst the Hasidic Jewish people in New York, and in Israel. The Lord has blessed the ministry, and many Jewish and Gentile people have come to faith through her efforts.

Casey has been married to her husband, David since 1986 and has two children, Jordan, age 22 and Jessica, age 16.

Murray Tilles - Executive Director/Missionary
Mike Fountain - Church Relations Coordinator
Janine Hoffman - Office Administration
Alana Tilles - Database Management