[citation needed] He attended Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina, and later transferred to Central Bible College in Springfield, Missouri.

Grams dropped out of Central Bible College and traveled to South Africa the next year after working to raise funds.

The following year, he began work in Potgietersrus with initial success In the late 1950s, he established churches in Welkom, Lesotho, Sekhukhuneland, and Johannesburg, which attracted many members.

[citation needed] Beyond individual conversions, the revival catalyzed the growth of the local Assemblies of God church, which had previously met in a rented, unfinished house.

[8][9] In the 1980s, he returned to the United States for a time, residing in Flint, Michigan, where he served on the leadership of several local Assemblies of God churches.

He returned to Flint in the 1990s, where he played the role of a local minister, officiating many funerals[11] but maintained close ties with South Africa.

Rollin Grams continues the family's association with South Africa as the director of Studies for East Mountain ministries.

[12] This article is associated with the extended Louton, Hughes, Oster, Rettinger, Ernst and Grams family involved in ministry, business and academia.