Kent Pate is the Executive Director of the Rehoboth Baptist Association, an association that includes churhes located in Northeast Texas. Before coming 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 Southwest Seminary in 1979. 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 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, basketball, golf and tennis. Kent first began preaching while at ETBU as a youth evangelist. Belinda also is an avid sports fan and loves to root for the Astros, the Cowboys, and the Rockets. She also keeps up quite well with golf.
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 evagelistic teams and also been a contributor to written publications and evangelistic radio broadcasts.
Kent and Belinda have three sons: Kevin, Adam, and Aaron. Kevin is married, and he and his wife Leah have two sons, Andrew, born August 9, 2006 and Christian, born February 28, 2008. They live in Baytown, Texas. Aaron and his wife, Randi, live in Houston, Texas. Adam is also married, and he and his wife, Heather, live in Lynchburg, Virginia. All three sons are attending or have graduated from Liberty University.
Shelly Huff is currently serving as Rehoboth’s Administrative Assistant. Prior to coming to the association in February 2006 she worked at Baucom Insurance for 8 years.
Shelly grew up in Sulphur Springs and attended First Baptist Church, Sulphur Springs with her family. She graduated from Sulphur Springs High School and earned her bachelor’s degree in Business Administration in 2002 from Texas A&M – Commerce.
Shelly is married to Tim Huff and they have a daughter Katelynn (Katie) who is 13 and a son Christian who is 8. Shelly and her family are members of Shannon Oaks Church in Sulphur Springs.
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