Rector: The Reverend Kent R. Walley

Kent became the sixth rector of St. Luke’s in January of 2008, coming from St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina where he had served eight years as Associate Rector. Kent graduated with a Master of Divinity from Trinity School for Ministry, Ambridge, PA, and is near completion of a Doctor of Ministry degree from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. His undergraduate alma mater is the University of Michigan. He previously worked in Michigan and Pennsylvania on campus staff for Inter Varsity Christian Fellowship, an interdenominational collegiate ministry, and as a small business computer consultant.

Kent married his wife Joy in 1987 and they have two sons, Philip, a mechanical engineering student at Purdue University, and Stephen, a student at Bernard’s High School. Joy works per diem as a Speech Language Pathologist.

Kent enjoys golf, tennis, jazz piano, watching University of Michigan sports (Go Blue!) and having grown up in Pittsburgh is a diehard Pittsburgh Steelers fan.