Dr. D. L. Lowrie
Biographical Information for Dr. D.L. Lowrie
DR. D. L. LOWRIE                                                    ALICE LOWRIE
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION                               BIOGRAPHICAL INFO.         



ADDRESS:                        #31 Brentwood Circle, Lubbock, Texas 79406
                  Phone: 806-797-9584
                  E-mail: DLLow@aol.com

FAMILY:                        Wife: Alice Reynolds Lowrie
                  David, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Canyon, Texas
                  Steve, Pastor, North Fort Worth Baptist Church, Fort Worth, Texas
                  Tommy, Businessman, Lubbock, Texas
                  John, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Terrell, Texas
                  14 grandchildren

PRESENT POSITION:        Preaching and teaching ministry

RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE:
                  Converted at nine years of age
                  Surrendered to the ministry as a freshman in college

EDUCATION:                East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN.
B.S. Degree, 1958
                  Carson-Newman College, Jefferson City, TN. 1953-54
                  Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, B.D., 1962
                  Honorary Doctor of Divinity Degree, Dallas Baptist
                          College, Dallas, Texas, 1977
                  Collegiatus Award, Belmont University,1991
                  Doctor of Humanities, Belmont University, 2003

PASTORAL EXPERIENCE:
                  1954-1958 Biltmore Baptist Church, Elizabethton, Tn.
                  1959-1962 Oak Ridge Baptist Church, Weatherford, Tx.
                  1962-1964  First Baptist Church, Lorenzo, Tx.
                  1964-1967  Calvary Baptist Church, Lubbock, Tx.
                  1967-1977 North Fort Worth Baptist Church,
                                  Fort Worth, Tx.
                  1977-1980  First Baptist Church, Texarkana, Tx.
                  1980-1986  First Baptist Church, Lubbock, Tx.
                  1986-1988  Director, State Missions Commission,
                                 Baptist General Convention of Texas
                  1989-1992  Executive Director-Treasurer
                                     Tennessee Baptist Convention
                  1992 - 2001 Pastor, First Baptist Church, Lubbock, TX
                  2001 Pastor Emeritus, First Baptist Church, Lubbock, Texas



DENOMINATIONAL EXPERIENCE:
                  Moderator, Parker County Baptist Association
                  Moderator, Lubbock Baptist Association
                  President, Pastor's Conference, Tarrant Association
                  President, Panhandle Pastors' & Laymen's Conf.
                  Chairman, Program Coordinating Committee, BGCT
                  Chairman, Board of Trustees, Texas Baptist Children's Home
                  Chairman, Alumni Section of SWBTS "Eight by Eighty"
Campaign
                  Chairman, Executive Board, BGCT
                  President, Alumni of Southwestern Baptist Theological
Seminary
                  President, Baptist General Convention of Texas 1981-1983
                  Member, "Committee of 100" BGCT
                  Member, Board of Trustees, Wayland Baptist University
                  Director, Baptist Standard
                  Chairman, State Mission Commission, BGCT, 1986
                  Trustee, LifeWay Christian Resources, SBC
                  Member, Annuity Board, SBC
OTHER RELIGIOUS WORK:
                  Conducts revivals across the nation
                  Assists in several Personal Evangelism Clinics
                  Toured Holy Land in 1973, 1975, 1993
                  Speaker at numerous Evangelism Conferences and
                                  State Conventions across the SBC
                  Adjunct and Visiting Professor, SWBTS
                  Visiting Professor, Fruitland Baptist Bible Institute.
                  Visiting Professor, Hungarian Baptist Seminary, Oradea, Romania
                  Speaker for numerous state Pastors' Conferences
                  Speaker at Ridgecrest and Glorieta
                  Bible Teacher for many state conventions
                  Preacher-Teacher for Brazil, Colombia, and Chile Annual
                                  Missionary Conferences
                  Preacher-Teacher in Romania
                  Writer for Church Administration, Church Training,
The Student, The Baptist Program, Holman
                                  Bible Publishers, and The Baptist Standard
                  Conducts FAITH seminars
                  Writes materials for FAITH

HONORS:                        Outstanding Alumnus of Southwestern Baptist Theological
                  Seminary, 1986
AUTHOR;
                  A Glad Beginning-Gracious Ending                                
January Bible Study Guide, HOPE WHEN BELIEVERS STUGGLE