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Pastor Kent Price was born
to the proud parents, Kendal and Mellie Price on the island of
New Providence, Bahamas. He is one of four brothers and
fraternal twin to Kirk Price. Pastor Price
became active very early in the Grants Town Seventh-day Church,
singing in the Children's and Youth choirs, serving as a Junior
Deacon, and Pathfinder Club where he was invested as a Master
Guide.
At the age of twelve, Pastor Price was baptized by
Pastor Roy Hanna at the Grants Town SDA Church and continued
serving the Lord in a more spiritual and energetic way,
assisting in many Evangelistic Campaigns and Colporteur Ministry
with his Grandmother the late Sis. Arimentha Colebrooke.
Pastor Price attended the Mable Walker, Willard
Patton Primary Schools, H.O.Nash Junior High and C.C. Sweeting
Senior High. After leaving high school, he was trained as a
skill mason. He then left to work as a sub-contractor in Great
Exuma and the Exuma Cays.
It was May 1987, on the beautiful island of Exuma,
where Pastor Price received his call from his Saviour and Lord
to become a Seventh-day Adventist Minister. And in August of
1987, he commenced his studies at Northern Caribbean University
(Formerly West Indies College). In the four years at the
University, Pastor Price held numerous positions of
responsibilities. Among them: Evangelistic Coordinator for the
Student Ministerial Association, Chaplain and President of the
BBC Club, and Ordain Deacon of the University Church.
In 1991, Pastor Price completed the Bachelor of Arts
degree in Religion and Biblical Languages. In 1992, he conducted
Evangelistic Crusades in Crooked Island, Eleuthera, and Bible
Studies in North Andros and Freeport Grand Bahama. He supported
himself by selling religious books in the Family of islands and
trade as a Skill Mason and Body Mechanic.
Pastor Price was called in 1993 to assist as a Bible
Worker in the Breath of Life Crusade conducted by Pastor Charles
D. Brooks. At the end of the Campaign, he was ordained as First
Elder of the newly established Breath of Life Church in New
Providence by Pastor Leonard Johnson. In 1994, he was appointed
as a Ministerial Intern, attached to the Hillview
S.D.A Church. During this period, he also served as Chaplain and
Physical Education Teacher at Bahamas Academy Elementary
Division.
Knowing that no man is complete without a wife,
Pastor Price, on July 31, 1994, was joined in Holy wedlock to
the former Miss Alree Sands. He served three years (1996-1999)
as Pastor of the Abaco District. One and a half year (1999-2000)
at the Breath of Life and Ephesus Seventh-day Adventist
Churches.
The Bahamas Conference decided to sponsor two
Bahamian Pastors in the year 2000 to Advance Studies at Andrews
University in Berrien Springs, Michigan, U.S.A. It was then that
Pastor Price took up the challenge to further his education.
After spending three years, he earned a Master's of Divinity
Degree in 2003 and was later called to serve the Exuma District
until 2006, March 31.
Today, Pastor Kent is a happy and committed husband
and father. He loves to pray, play and talk with his three
daughters, Kentalicia, Ken-Reesha and Kentanay. He cherishes
quiet hours with his beautiful wife, Alree. His many hobbies
ranging from reading, spending time in nature, listening to
classic music, to traveling.
Pastor Price is a devoted Adventist Christian, a
lover of Christ, and a firm believer in the Seventh-day Sabbath.
He is committed to Ministry and in serving His church and looks
forward to the Second Coming of Jesus. His encouraging words to
all are "Tough Times Never Last Only Tough People Do In Christ
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