Bio

Pastor Anthony Slutz served as senior pastor at Thompson Road Baptist Church for 40 years before retiring in 2019 and joining GFA’s interim pastor program.

A native of Iowa, he married Ellen Beshears in her hometown of North Wilkesboro, NC, in 1965. Before moving to Indianapolis, Pastor Slutz pastored the Gideon Baptist Church of Wichita, KS, and Liberty Baptist Church of Newton, KS.

In addition to being an alumnus of Bob Jones University, Pastor Slutz has received postgraduate degrees from Central Baptist Theological Seminary and Dallas Theological Seminary, along with an honorary doctorate from Bob Jones University. He serves on several mission boards and is both former president and trustee of the Indiana Fundamental Baptist Fellowship of Churches. He and his wife, Ellen, have three children and seven grandchildren.