Kenneth Gentry

Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr., B.A., M.Div., Th.M., Th.D., is a Reformed theologian and a member of the Presbyterian Church in America. He was born May 3, 1950, in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He and his wife Melissa were married in July of 1971, and have three grown children, all who have confessed Jesus Christ as Lord and God. Ken received his B.A. in Biblical Studies from Tennessee Temple University (1973, cum laude). After graduating, he enrolled at Grace Theological Seminary in Winona Lake, Indiana. After two years at Grace Seminary (1973-1975), he left dispensationalism, having become convinced of a covenant and Reformed theology. He transferred to Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, Mississippi (1975-1977). Upon completing studies at Reformed Theological Seminary, he was awarded the M.Div. in 1977. After several years of pastoral ministry, he earned a Th.M. (1986) and a Th.D. (1987, magna cum laude) from Whitefield Theological Seminary, both in the field of New Testament.