Kent Pate
Director of Senior Adult Ministries
Dr. Kent Pate is the retired Executive Director of the Rehoboth Baptist Association, an association that included churches located in Northeast Texas. Before going to Rehoboth on November 1, 2006, Kent pastored two churches in Texas (Nacogdoches and Angleton) for a total of 23 years and served as a vocational evangelist for five years.
Kent graduated from East Texas Baptist University in 1975 and Southwestern Seminary in 1979. He also received a Ph.D. in Christian Leadership from Louisiana Baptist University in 2011.
Kent and his wife, Belinda, were married in 1976. Belinda attended ETBU also. Home for Kent is San Augustine, Texas and for Belinda, it's Logansport, Louisiana.
Kent first began preaching while at ETBU as a youth evangelist. As an evangelistic speaker, Kent traveled across the United States and also participated in missionary and evangelistic work in India, Romania, and Mexico. He has served on major crusade evangelistic teams and also been a contributor to written publications and evangelistic radio broadcasts. He has also co-hosted four trips to Israel, teaching at the various sites.
Kent published his first book entitled, “Relationship Keepers”. It is primarily a book for Church Staff and Leaders containing key leadership strategies for building healthy relationships in a local Church.
Kent is a former Captain of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes in college and loves spectator sports, especially baseball, football, tennis, and golf. He still likes to play racquetball, golf, and tennis. Belinda also is an avid sports fan and loves to root for the Rangers, the Cowboys, and the Astros. She also keeps up quite well with golf.
Kent and Belinda have three sons: Kevin, Adam, and Aaron. Kevin is married, and he and his wife Leah have two sons, Andrew and Christian, and one daughter, Eden. They live in Madison, Mississippi. Adam and his wife, Heather, have one son, Daniel, a daughter, Evelyn, and live in McKinney, Texas. Aaron and his wife, Randi, live in Kingwood, Texas, and have three children, Asher, Quinn and Sam. All three sons have graduated from Liberty University.