Pastor Brent Roth was recently installed as the new pastor for Bible Fellowship Church which is located across from the Paulding Hospital.
Pastor Brent gave his heart and life to the Lord when he was 13 years old at a YFC halloween event. Then several years later he met Pam Myers from Continental campus Life/YFC. They were both juniors thne and now they have been married for 45 years.
Pastor Brent’s first calling was to be a chiropractic physician at Hicksville for over 30 years.
Roth attended Defiance College and Bowling Green State University, before graduating with a Bachelor of Science Degree and Doctorate of Chiropractic from National College of Chiropractic in Lombard, IL. He went on to open his own pratice in Hicksville. The father of son, Joshua and daughters, Stacie Miller, Melissa Norris and Laura Miller, as well as the grandfather of 13 grandchildren, Roth sold his chiropractic business 10 years ago.
While in the chiropractic business both Pam and Pastor Brent spent a lot of volunteer time as Board of Directors of the Defiance Area YFC. All four of their children were active at CL/YFC in Hicksville area.
Pastor Brent spent 20 years at Central Ministries in Ft. Wayne where he taught adult Sunday School class, served on elder board and became a licensed pastor.
After selling his chiropractic business he became a relief pastor where he filled in at many different churches in Indiana and Ohio, including Bible Fellowship Church in Paulding.
According to Jack Fetter, as a member of the leadership team at the church, “We had gone several months without a pastor and as Pastor Brent filled our pulpit there was a major heart desire from everyone to ask Brent to be our pastor. Since he and Pam accepted the call they have elocated from Hamilton, Indiana to Fort Wayne to be much closerto our church and their family.
Pastor Brent shared at the installation, “I’ve been praying that God would open the right opportunities for me to serve more. There are great Christian people at this church I’ve known for years, and it’s my hope that I can help them grow.
“I want people who are hurting and lost to konw that there is hope and that hope is in Jesus Christ,” added Roth. “Part of the church’s job is to let people know there is a savior, and what better time then during the Christmas season to let people know that God is with us. That’s pretty exciting.”
For more information about Bible Fellowship Church, located at 1040 W. Wayne St. in Paulding across from the hospital, contact Roth at 260-486-2741. Worship service is at 10:00 a.m.
caption: Pastor installation involved the following: L-R Pam Roth, Pastor Brent Roth, and the church leadership team of John Mohr, Jack Fetter, Bob Fessel and Art Simonin.
