Gary Frost
For 18 years Gary Frost served as senior pastor of the Rising Star Baptist Church in Youngstown Ohio. He has served two terms as president of the State Convention of Baptists in Ohio and two terms as second vice-president of the Southern Baptist Convention. He's been a member of the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention in Nashville, Tennessee as well as twice serving as a vice-president at the North American Mission Board in Alpharetta, Georgia. While in New York City Gary served as executive director of the Metropolitan New York Baptist Association, president of Concerts of Prayer Greater New York and senior pastor at Evergreen Baptist Church in Brooklyn. Gary has been married 42 years to his wife Lynette, having 6 children and 6 grandchildren. The Frosts served as foster parents for over 40 children over an 18 year period and have recently founded a residential home for home-challenged pregnant women called Eagle's Nest Life Equipping Center in response to the high infant mortality rate in Ohio.