North American Mission Board President Kevin Ezell will be the keynote speaker during the annual SBTC Cooperative Program Luncheon at the Frisco Convention Center on Tuesday, Feb. 28 during the Empower Evangelism Conference.
Musical guests will be Josh and Angela Stanbery. Josh is music pastor at Prestonwood Baptist Church’s Dallas campus.
Ezell became NAMB’s president in 2010 after 14 years as pastor of Highview Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky. He has also pastored in Illinois, Tennessee, and at Hilltop Baptist Church in Fort Worth. His work at NAMB involves providing strategic vision, direction, and leadership as NAMB works with state partners in helping Southern Baptists reach North America through evangelism and evangelistic church planting.
Ezell was born in Germany where his father was serving in the Air Force. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Union University in Jackson, Tenn., a master of divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, and a doctor of ministry from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky.
Ezell and his wife Lynette have six children: Anna, Shelly, Taylor, John Michael, Libby, and Micah Lyn. The three youngest children were adopted from three different countries.
Registration is $10 per person and may be completed online at sbtexas.com/luncheons.
The Cooperative Program Luncheon also recognizes churches that faithfully support the CP, Southern Baptists’ shared funding mechanism for worldwide gospel mission and ministry.