Main cast •
Keith David as Bishop James Greenleaf, the charismatic and strong leader of Calvary Fellowship World Ministries and Greenleaf family patriarch. •
Lynn Whitfield as "First Lady" Daisy Mae Greenleaf, née McCready, James' intermittent wife,
First Lady of Calvary Fellowship and family matriarch. As a matriarch she cares for her family, but also with questionable morals she blackmailed her sister Mavis, shared an affair with her father and brother, and hid her brother's allegations. •
Merle Dandridge as Pastor Grace "Gigi" Greenleaf, Mae and Bishop's eldest child. She returns home 20 years after escaping from the family, ran away from her family after her uncle Mac tried to rape her. Her mother and siblings consistently deplore her "desertion", however, some time later this causes a conflict in the family when it is discovered that his mother had hidden Mac's crimes. She proudly serves as Executive Pastor of Ministry at Calvary Fellowship under Bishop and First Lady Greenleaf Leadership. •
Desiree Ross as Sophia Greenleaf, Grace's teenage daughter, who shares her mother's charms and granddaughter of Mae and James. •
Lamman Rucker as Pastor Jacob Greenleaf, the second-born child and only son of the Bishop. He resents Grace for abandoning the family and leaving him to take her place in the ministry, crushing his dream of a career in professional baseball. He previously and proudly served as Associate Pastor of Discipleship, and now serves as Senior Pastor of Triumph Fellowship Church. He has great affection and is responsible for protecting his niece Sophia, reconciles with Grace, and divorces Kerissa at the end of the series after years of infidelity on both sides. •
Kim Hawthorne as Kerissa Greenleaf, Jacob's ambitious and controlling wife, headmistress of the Academy of Excellence, and daughter-in-law of Mae and James, was complicit with Mae in covering up the evidence against Mac, and divorces Jacob at the end of the series after Jacob discovered that she had been unfaithful and had infected him with chlamydia. •
Deborah Joy Winans as Charity Greenleaf, the youngest daughter of the Greenleafs and also a music minister at Calvary Fellowship. As the youngest, she is furious at being excluded from family situations. Like Jacob, she resents Grace for abandoning the family, forcing Charity to remain tied to her family's church, but later becomes understanding upon learning the family's dark secrets, the reason Grace abandoned the family, and divorced Kevin. •
Tye White as Kevin Satterlee, Charity's husband and later ex and father of her son (seasons 1–3) •
Gregory Alan Williams as Robert "Mac" McCready, brother of Mae and Mavis, a church executive and financial accounts manager but secretly a child molester, James' financial front man and his sister Mae's lover, was responsible for Grace's escape from the family by attempting to rape her, abused Faith with whom he had a secret affair, is arrested after several victims report him but is released from prison when James and Mae bribe the judges under threats from Mac, is killed by Grace after an altercation where he attempted to kill her. (recurring season 1; main season 2). •
Lovie Simone as Zora Greenleaf, Kerissa and Jacob's rebellious teenage daughter and Mae and James' granddaughter. (recurring season 1; main seasons 2–5) •
Rick Fox as Darius Nash, a journalist for the Tennessee Statesman and friend of Grace. (recurring seasons 2 & 5; main season 3)
Recurring cast • Jamila Thompson as Young Grace (Season 2) ==Episodes==