Bentley Crawford

Bentley has been married to his wife, Sarah Love, since 2007. They have four children that they love very much: Lila Grace, Annie, Luke, and Camp. Bentley is originally from Meridian, MS, and Sarah Love from Jackson, MS. Both of them graduated from the University of Mississippi in 2006 and 2007 where they both met and each came to understand the gospel in a saving way due in large part to the influence of campus ministries they attended and the Christian friends they knew. This ignited a passion in them for ministry to college students which led them to work with CRU for three years - one year at Ole Miss and then two years abroad in Salerno, Italy. From there, Bentley went on to work for three years as a pastoral intern at Palm Vista Community Church in Miami, FL before returning back to Jackson in 2014 to attend Reformed Theological Seminary, from which he graduated in 2017 with his Master of Divinity Degree. During that time he served as an intern first for the Christian Medical and Dental Association and then at Redeemer Presbyterian Church. In 2018, he started working for RUF at Belhaven and has loved his time there ever since! Through these experiences, the Lord has built in Bentley a passion for the gospel of Jesus Christ, a desire to minister God's powerful word, a love for people, and a heart for the local Church. As a result, he and Sarah Love couldn't be happier to be serving with RUF and they sincerely believe that RUF at Belhaven is an incredibly important work!