Dr. Kevin Carson, D.Min.

Pastor

Kevin grew up in Bowling Green, Kentucky, the son of a pastor and often says “it has been my privilege to have lived my entire life in and around church.” In 1990 Kevin moved to Springfield, Missouri to attend Mission University. There he met his wife Kelly and they were married in 1994. Shortly thereafter he started working as the senior adult pastor at Cherry Street Baptist Church. It was in that ministry where Kelly and Kevin first started talking about planting a church.

They are thrilled God brought a team together with them to start Sonrise in 2002. In addition to serving at Sonrise, Kevin teaches biblical counseling courses at Mission University. In our community, he enjoys serving as a member of the Ozark Rotary Club. In the process of all this, God has given Kevin and Kelly four children, and now a grandson. Pastor Kevin explained, “What a thrill to serve Christ and the fellow members at Sonrise in the beautiful Ozarks.” In his spare time, Kevin enjoys family, sports, fishing, hunting, and blogging at KevinCarson.com.

Favorite Bible Verse:

Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him.

- 2 Corinthians 5:9