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Kevin Ezell

Dr. Kevin Ezell serves as the President of the North American Mission Board, providing strategic vision, direction, and leadership as NAMB works to reach North America through evangelism and church planting.

Kevin earned his bachelor’s degree from Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. He received a Masters of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, and a Doctorate of Ministry from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.

Kevin most recently served as Senior Pastor of Highview Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky for 14 years.

He and his wife, Lynette, have six children, Anna, Shelly, Taylor, John Michael, Libby, and Micah Lyn.

The North American Mission Board (NAMB) is the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) mission entity that exists to work with churches, associations and state conventions in mobilizing Southern Baptists as a missional force to impact North America with the gospel of Jesus Christ through evangelism and church planting. Through its Send North America strategy, NAMB will:

  • Mobilize churches, church planters and other missionaries to penetrate lostness and connect unchurched people with a local congregation
  • Equip church planters and sending churches for evangelistic church planting.
  • Plant churches within defined regions, people groups and large population centers (cities).

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Kevin Ezell

The Gospel and Evangelism and the Future of Church Planting

Jon Akin moderates a discussion between Kevin Ezell, Afshin Ziafat, Nathan Lino, and Josh...

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The Gospel and Evangelism and the Future of Church Planting

Jon Akin moderates a discussion between Kevin Ezell, Afshin Ziafat, Nathan Lino, and Josh...

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How can parents help children permanently transition out of the home well when they are headed to college or work?

Kevin Ezell discusses how to help children successully tranistion out of the home.  In...

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Global Hunger Relief: Address global hunger in the power of the gospel

Kevin Ezell and David Platt discuss the unique ways Global Hunger Relief is so...

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Global Hunger Relief

Global Hunger Relief is a cooperative initiative supported by the Ethics & Religious Liberty...

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The State of Marriage in American Churches

A panel discussion (Daniel Darling (Moderator), Kevin Ezell, Dennis Rainey, Carmen Fowler Laberge, And...

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