About Me

Dr. James Jacob “Jake” Brock serves as Pastor of Swiss Colony Missionary Baptist Church in London, Kentucky. Jake is a graduate of the University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg, Kentucky (B.A. in Accounting with a minor in Religion/Missions and Ministry; M.B.A. in Accounting; M.A. in Christian Studies; Ph.D. in Business – Accounting Specialization), where he serves as a tenured Associate Professor of Accounting, and completed additional graduate-level study through Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Liberty University. He is currently a student in the Ph.D. in Theological Studies – Historical Theology and concurrent Master of Theology (Th.M.) in Research Languages programs at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri.

He has served in pastoral ministry for more than 15 years, having served churches previously as an interim pastor, associate pastor, minister of education and discipleship, and a minister of youth. In addition, he has served in associational ministry as a director of missions intern, associational moderator, assistant moderator, executive board member, assistant treasurer, and on a number of local association committees. Jake is a member of the Evangelical Theological Society, the American Society of Church History, and the Theta Alpha Kappa National Honor Society for Religious Studies and Theology. In addition, he is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the Christian Business Faculty Association, and the Kentucky Society of Certified Public Accountants (KyCPA), where he serves on the Members in Education and Professional Ethics committees.

Jake also serves several not-for-profit organizations as an officer and board member. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors, past-Vice Chair, past-Secretary/Treasurer, a member of the Finance Committee, and a member of the Board of Directors of Dayspring Health, Inc., a not-for-profit, faith-based community health center serving southeastern Kentucky and eastern Tennessee. Previously, Jake served as a member of the KyCPA Board of Directors, as well as a founding member of the KyCPA’s reorganized Finance Committee responsible for overseeing finance-related activities, investment policy, and the Society’s annual audit process. He continues to serve as a member of the Society’s Professional Ethics Committee responsible for promotion and enforcement of the Society’s Code of Professional Conduct. Additionally, he served as Treasurer and a member of the Board of Directors of the Kentucky State Police Foundation of Frankfort, Kentucky and a member of the Board of Directors of Come-Unity Cooperative Care of London, Kentucky.

Jake is a Kentucky Commonwealth Ambassador and a member of the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels. He enjoys reading, writing, fishing, fishkeeping (fresh and saltwater aquariums), walking, cooking, target shooting, hiking, and coffee.

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