Dr. Jake Brock joined the faculty of the University of the Cumberlands in 2016, where serves as a tenured professor of accounting & missions and ministry. He teaches a variety of undergraduate and graduate accounting courses in the School of Business & Communications, as well as church history/historical theology and biblical studies courses in the Department of Missions and Ministry. In addition, he serves as the university’s academic lead for internship programs, the coordinator of business internship programs, and as a faculty advisor for the UC Business Club. He also mentors doctoral students and regularly serves on doctoral dissertation committees.
Dr. Brock has served nearly two decades in pastoral ministry and previously worked in industry as an accountant/financial analyst. He is a licensed Certified Public Accountant, holds a graduate education certificate from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education, and is currently a doctoral candidate in the Ph.D. in Theological Studies (Historical Theology emphasis) program at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri.
Dr. Brock is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Christian Business Faculty Association, the Evangelical Theological Society, and the Kentucky Society of Certified Public Accountants, where he currently serves on the Members in Education and Professional Ethics Committees. In addition to his responsibilities as a UC faculty member, Dr. Brock serves as pastor of Swiss Colony Baptist Church in London, Kentucky.
Dr. Brock has been active in service to several not-for-profit organizations as a board member and corporate officer. He is a member of the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels, a Kentucky Commonwealth Ambassador, and the 2024 recipient of the William T. Miles Community Service Award, presented by the university to a member of the faculty who has made a significant contribution to the community in an area consistent with university goals.