Nathan Lino is the lead pastor for Northeast Houstan Baptist Church and has led NEHBC since 2002. Nathan became a Christian while attending Pinetown Baptist Church, in Pinetown, South Africa, and was baptized at Forest Cove Baptist Church in Kingwood, TX. He was ordained by Forest Cove Baptist Church. He graduated from Texas A&M University, and graduate school at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, NC (M.Div.). Nathan was born in 1976 in South Africa as a fourth generation African and moved to the United States during his middle school years. Nathan and Nicole have been married since 1999 and have a son, Colton, and three daughters, Campbell, Cassidy, and Chloe.