Dr. Rocky Ramsey
Senior Pastor
Rocky Ramsey has been Senior Pastor of Corryton Church for forty years. His ministry began in 1984; the Church has since then grown from a small community church into an area-wide congregation of all ages. Today, people attend Corryton from seven counties.
Rocky grew up in Knoxville and attended Central High School. The last thing that he ever expected was to become a pastor. He describes himself as being raised “heathen”. He came to Christ and has been following Him for forty-six years.
Under Rocky’s leadership, Corryton has added 52 acres of property, built millions of dollars or buildings, and purchased (and now operates) Wafloy Mountain Village, a Christian retreat center outside of Gatlinburg. The church also sponsored free-to-them retreats for IMB missionaries in various locations around the world. Corryton is regularly in the top 200 churches (out of over 47,000) in giving to the International Mission Board and to the North American Mission Board.
Rocky has a Bachelor's Degree in Business from the University of Tennessee, a Master of Divinity Degree from Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary, and a Doctor of Ministry Degree from Luther Rice Seminary.
He has been married to his wife Betsy since 1980. They have two married daughters and four grandchildren. In addition to riding motorcycles with Betsy, Rocky is an avid tennis player.
Rocky's Favorite Scripture: "He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him." - 2 Corinthians 5.21