Jerry Slate, Jr. was born in Marietta, GA and was raised in a godly Christian home, the youngest of three children. He was converted to Christ and baptized when he was eight years old. He obtained a B.A. from Columbia Bible College in Columbia, SC in 1991, majoring in Bible and minoring in pastoral ministries. In January of 1993 he married his wife, Angela, and...Jerry Slate, Jr. was born in Marietta, GA and was raised in a godly Christian home, the youngest of three children. He was converted to Christ and baptized when he was eight years old. He obtained a B.A. from Columbia Bible College in Columbia, SC in 1991, majoring in Bible and minoring in pastoral ministries. In January of 1993 he married his wife, Angela, and the Lord has blessed them with six children: Samuel, Luke, Grace, Jackson, Malachi, and Margaret. Jerry was ordained for the gospel ministry in November of 2002 and Berean Baptist Church held her first worship service as a church planting venture on the Lord’s Day evening, February 2, 2003. He has served as the Administrative Council chairman for the Georgia Association of Confessional Baptists (GACB) as well as chairman of Reformed Baptist Mission Services (RBMS), the world mission wing of the Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of America (ARBCA). He has had the privilege of visiting the mission field in many different countries over the years. Jerry is a contributing author to the forthcoming ARBCA publication, The Glory of God Among All Nations: Recovering a Biblical and Confessional Baptist Missiology. He is also the co-author (with Dr. Michael Haykin) of A Holy Love: The Life and Witness of Samuel Pearce (Lexham Publishers, coming in October 2018). Jerry’s interests include spending time with his family, reading, biking, hiking, and camping. | more | less
