About Us

Our Story

In the early to mid-’80s, Word of Life Church was established in the great city of Donaldsonville, LA. Lloyd, Mary Jane Delatte & the family established Word of life in a city where the message of Faith in God was new to most. Word of Life grew to be a pillar of hope and love in the community.

In the 2000s, Pastor Lloyd & Pastor Darryl Marquette went home to be with the Lord. But the work of the Lord in the great city of Donaldsonville is continuing.

In John 4, Jesus says “other men have labored, and you enter into their labor.”  Pastor Ikem Grigsby & his wife, Robin, now carry the vision of Word of Life Church. Today, Word of Life impacts the city and region and teaches believers to live out of the reality of being Born again.

Our Pastors

Ikem and Robin are both graduates of Rhema Bible Training College of Broken Arrow, OK. Both have served in the ministry in multiple capacities since graduation. Before becoming the Word of Life Church pastors, they served as missionaries to Kenya, Nigeria, and Central America. While on the mission field, they were bible school directors, crusade/evangelism directors, and assisted in church planting in the nation of Kenya. In addition to their time on the mission field, their ministry traveled the United States, emphasizing seeing a generation on fire and living by faith for Jesus Christ. Pastor Ikem and his wife Robin have been married for 21 years, and they have four children. Ikem & Robin are passionate about their relationship with Jesus and love to see people encounter Jesus and see those people fall passionately in Love with Jesus Christ.