Kent has been serving God in ministry for twenty-eight years. He has preached to tens of thousands of people from prisons to church pulpits, from halfway houses to amphitheaters.

His first ministry, The Crossroads, was a Bible study and outreach center in Charleston, South Carolina, focused on the needs of military men and women.  The Crossroads grew quickly to a core of about 30 people coming together to explore God’s Word, and be encouraged in their walk with Christ.  Through the Friday and Saturday outreaches, The Crossroads ministry team was able to share the love of Christ in a non-church environment.

Sarah committed her life to Christ in 1963.  She served in her local church in music and teaching while a teenager.  She has creatively taught Sunday School and Bible study to children and adults using original materials and media, served as Children’s Sunday School superintendent and Children’s Pastor.  She has ministered in music in choral and solo work, and well as leading congregational worship.  A lifelong passion of her heart has been to disciple strong Biblical marriages and families.  In Africa, she speaks at various venues, addressing men, women and youth. 

Kent and Sarah married in November 1980 and have three children, Justin, Nathan and Arianna.

In 1995, Kent and Sarah planted and, for the next three years, pastored a church in the north Georgia mountains.  It was in those mountains that Kent received the vision for Africa and Greater Things Ministries International.

Since it’s beginning in 1999, GTMI has grown beyond the solitary efforts of Kent and Sarah.  In addition to partner pastors and church leaders, we are blessed to be working together with the following servants of God.

Stanford Maminza is the overseer of eleven partner churches in the Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces of South Africa.  He is also on the Elder Board of GTMI in South Africa.

Lovemore Manaka is the pastor of Victory Tabernacle and the principal of Phumelela Bible College.  He is also on the Elder Board of GTMI in South Africa.

Nicolas Mwaupigu is a 2003 graduate of Phumelela Bible College and a full-time evangelist with GTMI.  He ministers primarily in South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Botswana.

Evah Mabuza is a registered nurse and part-time teacher at Phumelela Bible College.  She is also a full-time GTMI chaplain in the South Africa women’s prison system.

Qondeni Mathebula is the principal of the grade schools in Lothair, South Africa and a member of the economic development committee.  He has a weekly Christian broadcast on the local radio station.  He is also full-time pastor of the GTMI church in Lothair.