About

Dr. Kevin Baird

Dr. Kevin Baird is the Director of Pastoral Ministries, a division of the Florida Family Policy Council. He is also the director of the flagship ministry of the department, The Florida Capitol Project, an initiative which seeks to connect Florida pastors with their civic representatives for prayer, partnership (in righteous programs), and public policy discussions. He has been married to Tracie, his college sweetheart of 42 years, and has 2 sons, 1 daughter, 2 daughter-in-laws, and 3 grandsons. Dr. Baird has been well educated receiving a Bachelors Degree (B.A.) in Religion / Philosophy from Mid-America Nazarene University; a Masters of Divinity (M. Div.) in Historical Theology from Nazarene Theological Seminary; and a Doctor of Ministry degree (D. Min.) in History of Christian Thought from Evangel Theological Seminary.

Dr. Baird was born-again at age 18 and just a few months later received the call of God to the ministry.  From that early age he was holding revival meetings, speaking on college campuses and eventually became a Lead Pastor at age 24.  He was a pastor in a denomination until 1989, when after being baptized with the Holy Spirit, he was hired by a large, independent Spirit-filled church to begin a Spirit-empowered, non-denominational, Bible College.  The Bible College started with seven students and in 8 years had grown into several hundred students with extension campuses across the southeastern United States.

His ministry experience has been extensive through the years as a lead pastor, church planter, national conference speaker, college professor, talk radio host, biblical worldview advocate in public policy, and media analyst on politics and culture. He has been an invited contributor to Fox and Friends, as well as other national media outlets including numerous newspapers, radio, and cable news networks. He, along with his wife, Tracie, founded Legacy Church in 2002, an interdenominational, Spirit-empowered, local church in the Charleston, South Carolina area. After 35 years of pastoral ministry, the Baird’s transitioned in January 2019 to Jacksonville, FL., where they now live and minister.

In addition to his pastoral experience, Dr. Baird has been highly involved in activating pastors towards greater civic engagement and public policy advocacy. In 2008, he was one of a group of national pastors who challenged the constitutionality of The Johnson Amendment of the IRS Code 501(c)3, which restricts a pastor’s First Amendment rights in the pulpit. In 2013, he was the founding director of the South Carolina Pastors Alliance, a group of nearly 500 pastors networking together to influence legislation especially in the areas of life, marriage, family, and religious liberty. He has been a featured speaker at numerous rallies, conferences, and seminars representing the pastor’s role in important cultural conversations. Along with these speaking venues, he has spent significant time in the college classroom teaching aspiring pastors his course, “A Theology of Civic Reformation: Engaging the Culture with a Biblical Worldview”.