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Pastor Trent EastmanPastor Trent Eastman has been Lead Pastor of New Baptist Church since its inception in 2008. Prior to the creation of New Baptist Church, Trent pastored Beverly Hills Baptist Church for 6 years, one of the churches merged to form New Baptist Church. Before coming to Huntington, he served with Food for the Hungry International in Kenya and Bangladesh (January of 1991 to December of 1999). Trent grew up in the small town of Athena, located within the rich farmlands found at the base of the Blue Mountains of Eastern Oregon.
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EducationTrent received his Doctor of Ministry from Asbury Theological Seminary of Wilmore, Kentucky in the Spring of 2016. He completed his Master of Divinity at Palmer Theological Seminary of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 2002. His undergraduate study was completed at Willamette University of Salem Oregon in 1990. Trent was ordained as an American Baptist Pastor in 2002 at First Baptist Church of Pedricktown, New Jersey. Currently, Trent chairs the Guyandotte Baptist Association Ordination Council, is a member of the West Virginia Baptist Campus Ministry Board, and serves as a mentor assisting Doctor of Ministry Students. Trent is also a member of the International Society of Theta Phi, an honor society for scholars in the field of religion and outstanding religious leaders. Periodically, Trent serves as an adjunct professor for Palmer Theological Seminary’s extension program in West Virginia.
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Life CallIn 1991 Trent married Christie Flanders of Springfield Missouri whom he met during a training the preceding year in Alabama. Together they have two wonderful boys, Jacob and Joshua, both born while they lived in Dhaka Bangladesh. Trent’s call to pastoral ministry comes out of a deep love and trust of God’s Word and the belief that the church, the local community of faith, has been called and ordained by God to be His instrument of proclaiming and living the redemptive message of Jesus Christ both in and to this world.
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Joys
Trent enjoys a number of interests and hobbies as means of creative expression, personal growth, and as means of practicing the spiritual disciplines of rest and listening. These interests include wood working, photography, and the creation of stained glass windows. He spends time exploring the world of biblical archaeology through personal study and journeys to Israel, Greece and Turkey. He also enjoys the great beauty of West Virginia and the Appalachian mountains on the back of a motorcycle. Trent’s greatest adventure, joy and privilege in life, though, is encountering the beauty and holiness of God – Father, Son and Spirit.
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