Pastor Rodney is a native of Roane County.  He graduated from Roane County High School.  He was ordained into the ministry at the Cedar Grove Baptist Church in Kingston, TN.  He received a Bachelors of Theology from Clear Creek Bible College in Pineville, KY, and Masters from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY.  He has pastored churches in Tennessee and Kentucky over his 40 years of ministry.  He and his wife Laura enjoy spending time with their family and 5 grandchildren.