About Rick Tallent

A native of East Tennessee, he has lived in Metro-New York City, Louisville, and Knoxville, and spent time ministering in the coal fields of Eastern  Kentucky.   After living in the Beaumont, Texas area for over twenty years, he and his wife Carol relocated to LaFayette,  Georgia where they are pioneering a mission church, produce ministry videos for YouTube, Facebook LIVE, and other social media outlets.  As of 2023, Rick has written and published five books, four of them novels.  and writing novels.

Starting in the ministry at age fourteen, Rick Tallent has traveled across the United States evangelizing, teaching, and pastoring in churches large and small, appearing regularly on local and national television and radio. A businessman and broadcaster, he has been responsible for building numerous Christian radio and television stations, and also worked for major Christian television networks. 

In 1994, Rick published his first book, Preparing to Make War, based upon a teaching series he had been sharing in churches across East Texas and Southwest Louisiana. The book was well-received and has been distributed internationally and is still available in print.

With a lifetime of stories and experiences, Rick began writing short stories and essays that were published in numerous nationally-distributed publications, leading him to write and publish his first novel, Of Friends and Family, in 2014, followed by his second novel, Finding Rhonda, a few months later. In June 2018, he released his third novel,  Ashes in the Rose Garden.  In November  2022, he published his fourth novel, Building A Life.  All four novels have received critical acclaim for the strength of the  story lines and the depth of the characters. He is currently writing a number of sequels to Ashes in the Rose Garden, all based in a fictional North Georgia community.

Rick is also an award winning watercolor artist and photographer. 

Celebrating fifty-plus years of ministry, Rick continues to pastor, teach, and write, and is in demand as a guest speaker, writer, and conservative political commentator.

For more information or to schedule an author or speaker event:

Rick Tallent

P.O.   Box 223

LaFayette, Georgia 30728

website:  www.ricktallent.com https://www.facebook.com/rick.tallent

Non-Fiction:

Preparing to Make War (1994)

Novels:

Of Friends and Family (2014)

Finding Rhonda (2014)

Ashes in the Rose Garden (2018)

Building a Life (2022)

Building upon several decades of radio and television broadcasting experience, Rick is developing a strong ministry on-line with Bible teaching, preaching, and the continuing ministries of Grace Fellowship Church of LaFayette, Georgia.

From studios and duplication facilities located at 203 Flora Street in LaFayette, Georgia, the internet streaming  feed of RTM continues the work started with the ministries former television station in Jasper, Texas, K54JK, and radio and television  programs  Power for Survival, Manna in the Morning, and The Late Night Gospel Singing Convention.