Meet Our State Representative
Ken and Sharon Floyd
Kenneth E. Floyd was saved as a senior in high school. He was encouraged by members of his youth group to attend a Christian college as he prepared for a medical career. While he was attending Cedarville College he sensed God’s call into pastoral ministry. Ken and Sharon (McFaddin) became sweethearts during their senior year in high school in Springfield, OH. They were married during Ken’s senior year of college on November 20, 1976. Upon graduation from college, Ken received his theological training at Grace Theological Seminary. After having served in churches in Indiana and Ohio, Ken and Sharon came to North Park Baptist Church in Grand Rapids in 1993. For the last 13 years they enjoyed God’s blessings upon that ministry and the wonderful relationship they shared with the North Park family. They have one daughter, Allison, an elementary teacher and graduate of Baptist Bible College in Clarks Summit, PA. Along with his previous Senior Pastor responsibilities, Ken has served on the MARBC Council of Fifteen and is currently a member of the Trustee Board of Baptist Bible College and Seminary in Clarks Summit, PA. Ken’s leadership is also seen as he serves as chairman of Closed Door Ministries and the West Michigan Mission Consortium. He has also served multiple terms on the GARBC Council of Eighteen. Ken has been a conference speaker for our national General Association of Regular Baptist Churches, the Ohio Association of Regular Baptist Churches, as well as our own Michigan Association of Regular Baptist Churches. He has also ministered in Alaska, Northeast India, and Zaparoszhe, Ukraine.
Ken has authored Men at Play, published by RBP, and has been published in our own Baptist Bulletin. His latest articles, a series on Prayer, were featured in the January-March, 2006, issues of the Baptist Bulletin. Ken believes that we have a great potential to see dynamic growth through quality church planting initiatives in our MARBC. He sees himself as a resource person who will provide encouragement through “mini-conferences” that may be unique to a particular region of our Fellowship. This will enable Churches and Pastors, as well as other leaders in our Fellowship, to be more effective in ministry. He also hopes to see a greater connectedness and camaraderie between area Churches and Pastors by establishing mission and church-planting consortiums. Ken will also continue his writing and will deal with leadership issues, practical ministry ideas and encouragement for particular ministry needs.