His life included the formation of numerous material programs like the Fields of the Wood and the Joel's Horsemen Christian motorcycle group, which he used to spread the message of the church.
By age seventeen he had begun to dabble in gambling and drinking, and eventually these became significant problems for the man who had lost hope in finding answers in the Bible.
He was shortly thereafter filled with the Holy Ghost at a revival conducted by a woman named Maude Loggin, and subsequently began to preach a message of repentance and spiritual empowerment.
When Grady Kent received the Baptism of the Holy Spirit he began searching for a people that were committed to a full Bible message.
In 1939, While he was conducting a revival in the small town of Egan, GA, Grady was kidnapped by members of the Ku Klux Klan and subsequently beaten nearly to death with whips, and left in the woods to die.
[4] In 1943 brother Kent was appointed head of the CPMA and began building the White Angel Fleet -A gospel aviation corps.
According to the "History" section of The Church of God (Jerusalem Acres)' Manual of Apostles' Doctrine, within days of his resignation, about 300 individuals had opted to leave the COGOP to stand with Bishop Kent, and within the following years the number grew to several thousand members.