Dr. Bryan Gentry, Pastor
Dr. Bryan Gentry is from Lakeland, Florida and received his BA in Pastoral Studies, MS in Bible College Administration and Doctor of Ministries, all from Landmark Baptist College in Haines City, FL. He served on staff at Landmark as Dean of Students from 2004 -2009. Besides teaching Bible, missions and history classes at the college, he has served as assistant pastor, minister of music and, with the help of the others at Landmark Baptist College, has been involved in starting outreach ministries to juvenile correctional facilities in central Florida.
He spent many years as a lay worker in his local Baptist church as a Sunday School teacher, deacon, Outreach director, Sunday School director, soul winner trainer, children's choir leader, etc. The Lord called him into full time Christian service in 1998 at the age of 43 after working 25 years at the phosphate mines in Polk County. He started taking classes at Landmark Baptist College in 1999 and became a fulltime student in the 2000-01 school year. He has been married since 1977 to his kindergarten classmate, Sharon. They have two grown children, Becky (married to Ken Peck) and William Gentry. They also have two grandsons, Carder and Peyton.
Pastor Gentry and his wife, Sharon, moved to the Parkville area from Florida in June 2009 and immediately began working with Fairview Baptist Church, Kansas City, Kansas, and Pastor Jared Shipman for the purpose of starting Solid Rock Baptist Church, which held its first service September 20, 2009. There have been more than 175 people saved since the first door was knocked to plant Solid Rock Baptist Church in June 2009.
We are excited about what God is doing and going to do at Solid Rock Baptist Church.