Urban Shepherd

The Urban Shepherd Biography

Rev. Terrance Rollerson grew up in the Bronx of New York and southern California. He moved to Minnesota, where he earned a BA in Physical Education, emphasizing corporate fitness from Bethel University. During his college years, he volunteered with Young Life, a ministry that reaches out to high school students, eventually becoming Area Director for St. Paul. Terrance felt God's call into ministry as a pastor during this time. 

While earning a Master of Divinity at Luther Seminary, Terrance served two churches as a youth director and minister of pastoral care. 

From 2000 to 2007, he pastored his first church on the east side of St. Paul to help the church move towards reflecting the diverse community that surrounded it better. During that time, he founded God's Closet, a free clothing store that served as many as 5,000 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 2015, Rev. Terrance became a full-time leadership team member 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. While in Michigan, Terrance completed training as a life coach and prayer counselor. 

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In 2022, He published "Broken Yet Called."