Founder, Brian Croft
Brian is the former Senior Pastor of Auburndale Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky and is the Founder and Executive Director of Practical Shepherding, Inc. He is also Senior Fellow for the Mathena Center for Church Revitalization and an Adjunct Professor at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the husband of Cara and father of four children, son, Samuel and daughters, Abby, Isabelle, and Claire. He has served in pastoral ministry for over twenty-five years, spending seventeen of those years as Senior Pastor of Auburndale Baptist Church.
He has written or contributed to over twenty-five books to help serve pastors and church leaders on the practicalities of pastoral ministry. Brian also trains and mentors hundreds of pastors all over the world on a weekly basis through our video cohorts in partnership with the NAMB. In addition to his writing and online video training, Brian travels all over the world preaching at local churches, speaking at conferences, and training pastors.