Kevin Ezell

78 more adults & kids just finished 7 weeks of training and will now launch to the nations! Celebrate with us 181 years of uninterrupted Southern Baptist missionary sending through @IMB_SBC!

@TrevinWax is one of the most reliable voices of the SBC. Every pastor needs to read this.

Crossover Orlando starts NEXT WEEK! Hundreds of volunteers are hitting the streets to share the gospel before the SBC Annual Meeting kicks off. ⬇️ Don’t let our teams go without your prayers. Pray for Orlando today! 🙏

Join us in praying for Drew and Taylor Raynor and the launch of Living Stone Church in Apex, North Carolina!

This Memorial Day, we want to honor our military chaplains like Simon Jackson, who walk with service members and their families in some of life’s darkest moments.  🙏 Pray for gospel opportunities among soldiers, civilians, and families across the Army. | #2026PrayerCalendar

The local church is the best thing going.

THANK YOU PASTORS. The Annie Armstrong offering is up over 14% from this same time last year. Humbled and grateful for your generosity and faithfulness to support missions.

Our President, @kevezell, wants to personally say THANK YOU to your church for fueling missionaries across North America through the #AnnieArmstrong Easter Offering. ⭐️ Request your video: anniearmstrong.com/thanks

Sure miss Pastor Adrian Rogers and his leadership in SBC.

New post -- None of these elements makes for a news headline, but they’re all part of the engine of what makes denominational life worthwhile, despite the mess. thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevin-w…

Incredible few days of collaboration, strategizing, worship, prayer, and teaching with pastors and planters serving in military communities. 📬 Military@SendNetwork.com for those of you who would like to get connected!

LET’S CELEBRATE: Baptisms in the SBC have increased for the fifth consecutive year! 🙌 From the mountains of Colorado to the shores of Michigan and the wilderness of Alaska, the gospel is breaking through in a massive way. This growth is a direct result of churches refusing to stay comfortable and choosing to live sent. 🚀 “I am grateful for every pastor and every church that has made evangelism and discipleship a priority, and it is deeply encouraging to see baptisms increase for a fifth consecutive year. My prayer is that this momentum would not only continue but would deepen, drawing our entire family of churches into a renewed commitment to share the gospel faithfully and make disciples who follow Christ for a lifetime.” 🗣️ Kevin Ezell, president of the North American Mission Board

Thank you brother, thankful for your friendship and prayers.

Amazing time this morning worshiping with @NAMB_SBC family and hearing from @kevezell and church planter Tyler Martin. Great things happening at NAMB!

Nearly 400 @ncbaptist pastors, church leaders, @sendnetworknc planters & faithful Jesus followers are gathered today at Two Cities Church in Winston-Salem for the @sendnetwork One Day. #OnMissionTogether It’s encouraging to see so many ready to engage their city with the gospel.

Rural America has more than 65 million people.  We are honored to encourage and equip the pastors reaching this strategic mission field. 🌾 The NAMB @churchreplanter team does an incredible job serving the 20,000 SBC churches with fewer than 50 weekly attendees. Because every church matters! ⛪️

Grateful for you @PaulSPurvis Thankful for you leadership and example in multiplying in this way

2 FREE YOUTH RALLIES IN ORLANDO LEADING UP TO SBC!
 
Open to individuals and groups. Crossover Student Rally - Oviedo
June 5, 2026 | 6:00-8:00 p.m.
CrossLife Church
45 W Broadway St Oviedo, FL 32765 
Crossover Student Rally - Umatilla June 6, 2026 | 5:00-7:00 p.m. FBC Umatilla
550 Hatfield Dr Umatilla, FL 32784

REGISTER HERE: namb.net/crossover-stud…

SBC OPTIMISM I am thankful and generally enthusiastic about where we are in the SBC. I am just one man and I don’t claim to speak for anyone else.  10 reasons I am optimistic: 1We have a strong cohort of hard-working, theologically solid, evangelistically minded pastors in churches of all sizes. Very encouraging. 2Many of our SBC churches of all sizes are growing and multiplying. There is unprecedented interest in spiritual things right now in our country - especially from young men. I’ve never seen anything like it. Praise God! 3Many of our state conventions are becoming stronger, more connected, more strategic, and more visible. Glad to see it. The more local the connections the better I think. 4We have a solid confession that clarifies important doctrines and unifies us - the BF&M 2000. That document provides the boundaries of our big tent. 5Our seminaries and mission boards are headed by clear, unapologetic conservatives. I don’t worship these guys and I disagree with them from time to time but I am thankful for every one of them. They have difficult jobs.  6Our mission boards are doing excellent work. They are not perfect. But I believe they are basically effective. I am proud of their leadership and proud of the thousands of missionaries and church planters that we get to support through NAMB and IMB. 7Our seminaries are a tremendous asset. Again - not perfect - but overall - effective. I was educated at SBTS. Almost all of our pastors at Family Church have degrees from SBC seminaries . I am grateful and supportive. 8I do not believe the SBC has a widespread problem with feminism, liberalism, racism, sexual abuse, or women pastors. I definitely do not believe there is any large-scale “leftward drift.”   9Every pastor I know wants to protect kids every way that we can. Every pastor I know wants to offer the gospel to every person regardless of ethnicity. There is near-universal clarity and biblical unity on gender, sexuality, and family structure. Nearly everyone agrees on what a pastor is and that pastors should be men.  10If an entity leader is out of step (as some have been)? They can be corrected by their trustees. If a church is out of step (as some are)? They can be corrected at the associational, state, and national levels. Ultimately churches can be voted out. The SBC has a proven willingness to disassociate with churches (even large churches with famous pastors) in egregious and consistent violation of the BF&M2000. Must we be vigilant about articulating and guarding our conservative commitments? Absolutely. Are we perfect? Of course not.  Can we make adjustments or tweak certain things to get better? Of course. The thing I am most excited about for our Convention of churches is the unprecedented opportunity for gospel advance. It’s happening right now. We live in the greatest and freeest and most prosperous  country in the history of the world. The SBC is the greatest and most influential network of evangelical churches in the Western World. There is a highly unusual openness to spiritual things in our culture right now. And we have a powerful gospel that really saves. What a time to be alive. What a time to be Southern Baptist. What a time to serve Jesus.

Prayer is not secondary to the mission — it fuels the mission. 50+ prayer gatherings are happening across NC for the #NationalDayOfPrayer. Many of those hosted by @ncbaptist churches. It's the power of the gospel that will save our neighborhoods & nation. #OnMissionTogether