Bio for Steve Parr

In forty plus years of ministry Dr. Steve Parr has assisted thousands of churches in
strengthening their ministries by motivating and training leaders through seminars,
conferences, preaching, and personal consultations.

Dr. Parr has served with distinction in local churches as a staff member as well as the
interim pastor of fifteen congregations. He is a graduate of Shorter University, has a
Master of Divinity Degree in Christian Education from New Orleans Baptist Theological
Seminary, and a Doctor of Ministry degree in Church Growth and Evangelism from The
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He was featured on the twentieth anniversary of
the Billy Graham School of Evangelism of Southern Seminary as one of twenty alumni
making a Great Commission impact around the world. He served on the Georgia Baptist
Mission Board team for many years leading in the areas of Bible Study leader training,
Evangelism, Next Gen Ministry, and ultimately on the Executive level providing
leadership of a staff of over 175. He served for five years as the Executive Director of
Georgia’s largest association of churches, the Gwinnett Metro Baptist Network. He was
invited back in 2025 to the Georgia Baptist Mission Board team and is currently serving
as the Evangelism Strategy Director to lead and coordinate the work of the staff in a
statewide evangelism initiative.

His influence has been multiplied as the author of several best-selling books on small
group leadership, evangelism, and his novel; The Coffee Shop That Changed a Church.
His compelling book, Why They Stay, is based on a national research project of young
adults who grew up attending church and have remained faithful into their adult lives. His
newest book, Giants, Kings, and Psalms was launched in the spring of 2023 and briefly
peaked at #1 for Religious Biographies for Kindle downloads on Amazon’s website. He
released a video series in 2024 to assist parents in recapturing the hearts of their adult
children who have disconnected from the life of the church. Please visit
www.steveparr.net to learn more about his books, ministry, and efforts to Maximize
Leadership.

Steve is married to Carolyn and has three adult children, all daughters, two sons-in-law,
and four grandchildren.

Please consider this to be informational. For those assigned to make introductions, do
not feel compelled to share all of these details, but only those relevant to the particular
occasion. The main thing is that I love the Lord and the simplest introduction is “Steve
is an author, preacher, and provides leadership for the Georgia Baptist Mission Board.