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 on the Lord’s Day evening, February 2, 2003. He has served as the chairman of Reformed Baptist Mission Services (RBMS), and on the Administrative Council of the Southeastern Association of Confessional Baptist Churches. Jerry is the co-author (with Dr. Michael A.G. Haykin) of Loving God and Neighbor with Samuel Pearce (Lexham Publishers).