East Gate Baptist College Faculty . . .

Dr. Paul Fedena and his wife have been ministering the Gospel of our Saviour for 53 years. For 43 of those years, Dr. Fedena served in the pastorate. Of note are the 31 years he pent as pastor of the Faith Baptist Church in Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania. He also brings with him the experience of teaching in The Solid Rock School of the Scriptures. Since retiring in 2002, Dr. Fedena has continued to actively serve the Lord preaching and teaching around the country nearly every week. Dr. and Mrs. Fedena presently serve the Lord in their home church, Straightway Baptist in Princeton, New Jersey. Pastor Burton Gates was saved in 2002 and within two years began to attend Champion Baptist College. While in college, he surrendered to plant a church in the inner city. After graduation, Bro. Gates came to the Philadelphia area. In 2009, Bro. Gates started Liberty Baptist Church in the Kensington section of Philadelphia where he and his family serve the Lord in this flourishing ministry. Mrs. Beth Higgins has faithfully served in the ministry for 34 years alongside her husband. She received her doctorate in Christian Education from Andersonville Baptist Seminary. Mrs. Higgins taught English at Harbor Baptist Academy for nine years and also teaches the Ladies Sunday School class at Harbor Baptist Church where her husband is the pastor. Pastor Dennis Higgins, Jr. graduated from Hyles-Anderson College in 2002 with a degree in Pastoral Theology. He immediately began serving the Lord as youth pastor at Harbor Baptist Church where he ministered faithfully for ten years. In March of 2012, Bro. Higgins accepted the position as pastor of Faith Independent Baptist Church in South Philadelphia. He and his family continue to serve the Lord there together. Dr. Raymond Rutherford was saved in 1988 and immediately felt the call of God to full-time ministry. He attended Northeast Baptist School of Theology and Andersonville Theological Seminary where he earned his masters degree in Biblical Studies and a doctorate in Christian Education. Bro. Rutherford has served as a teacher and academic dean at Harbor Baptist Academy. He and his family serve faithfully at Harbor Baptist Church where he is a deacon. Pastor Brett Sharp, after graduating from Hyles-Anderson College in 2004, he was called to be the pastor of Freedom Baptist Church in Media, Pennsylvania. The four-year-old fledgling church did not yet have their own property. Two years into Bro. Sharps pastorate there, God miraculously led Southside Baptist Church to give Freedom Baptist a church building. At that time, many new people joined the church. God has since continued to bless Freedom Baptist and has allowed them to start two new churches as well as support many missionaries and church planters. Bro. Richard Slocum graduated in 1975 from Stetson University in Deland, Florida, with a bachelor degree in History. The following year, he was saved and baptized. Bro. Slocum has spent the last 35 years in various executive leadership positions in the corporate world. He is currently on the Executive Team at Productive Plastics, Inc. He has been privileged to serve the Lord through weekly soul-winning and as a Sunday school teacher, choir member, song leader, church treasurer and has served on the Board of Directors at Camp Aura as treasurer. He is a faithful member of Harbor Baptist Church.