Prior to becoming the Senior Pastor of Harvest West Minneapolis, Brent pastored a church in Shelbyville, Indiana, and was director of adult ministries as well as a teaching pastor in Omaha, Nebraska. He also has worked as a corporate recruiter in Colorado.
Brent received a bachelor's degree from Illinois State University (where he played on the university's baseball team) and a master of divinity degree from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, IL. He and his wife, Lisa, have four children: Mariah, Nathan, Seth and Ainsley.