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==Background==

==Background==

Lowery was the son of the late Baptist pastor, also named, Fred Lowery, and the former Esther Burckhalter of Hurst, [[Texas]]. His younger brother, John Daniel Lowery of Aiken, [[South Carolina]], a former automobile salesman and dealer, died in 2013 at the age of sixty-eight. He has a sister, Jeannie Metts and husband Roy of Colleyville, Texas, and another brother, Dr. Charles S. Lowery and wife Penny of Plano, Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shellhousefuneralhome.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=2043936&fh_id=11117|title=John Daniel Lowery  

Lowery was the son of the late Baptist pastor Fred Lowery and the former Esther Burckhalter of Hurst, [[Texas]]. His younger brother, John Daniel Lowery of Aiken, [[South Carolina]], a former automobile salesman and dealer and an [[Alabama]] native, died in 2013 at the age of sixty-eight. He has a sister, Jeannie Metts and husband Roy of Colleyville, Texas, and another brother, Dr. Charles S. Lowery and wife Penny of Plano, Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shellhousefuneralhome.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=2043936&fh_id=11117|title=John Daniel Lowery  

(August 21, 1944 - April 3, 2013)|publisher=shellhousefuneralhome.com|accessdate=May 29, 2013}}</ref>   

(August 21, 1944 - April 3, 2013)|publisher=shellhousefuneralhome.com|accessdate=May 29, 2013}}</ref>   

Lowery received his [[Bachelor of Arts]] from Samford University in Homewood, a suburb of [[Birmingham]], [[Alabama]], a Master of Theology from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in [[Fort Worth]], Texas, and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Luther Rice Seminary in Lithonia, [[Georgia]]. While at SWBTS, Lowery was accepted into the honors program to participate in interdisciplinary seminars at the doctoral level. He was the recipient of the Sella P. Ross Award for scholarship and service in the field of evangelism. He was a teaching fellow in both evangelism and church growth. Prior to coming to First Baptist Bossier in 1983, Lowery worked full-time in evangelism and served as pastor of First Baptist Church of North Spartanburg in Spartanburg, [[South Carolina]].<ref name=okbu>{{cite web|url=http://www.okbu.edu/news/2000-02-14/lowery-featured-speaker-for-obu-chapel-service|title=LoweryFeatured Speaker for Oklahoma Baptist University Chapel Service, February 14, 2000|publisher=okbu.edu|accessdate=June 16, 2012}}</ref>

Lowery received his [[Bachelor of Arts]] from Samford University in Homewood, a suburb of [[Birmingham]], [[Alabama]], a Master of Theology from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in [[Fort Worth]], Texas, and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Luther Rice Seminary in Lithonia, [[Georgia]]. While at SWBTS, Lowery was accepted into the honors program to participate in interdisciplinary seminars at the doctoral level. He was the recipient of the Sella P. Ross Award for scholarship and service in the field of evangelism. He was a teaching fellow in both evangelism and church growth. Prior to coming to First Baptist Bossier in 1983, Lowery worked full-time in evangelism and served as pastor of First Baptist Church of North Spartanburg in Spartanburg, [[South Carolina]].<ref name=okbu>{{cite web|url=http://www.okbu.edu/news/2000-02-14/lowery-featured-speaker-for-obu-chapel-service|title=LoweryFeatured Speaker for Oklahoma Baptist University Chapel Service, February 14, 2000|publisher=okbu.edu|accessdate=June 16, 2012}}</ref>

Lowery and his wife, the former Lisabeth Leigh Jones (born ca. 1951), whom he frequently mentions in his sermons, have two daughters, Shelby Lynn Lowery, and Christy Camille Lowery Facianne. He previously lived in Homer in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, Avon Park in Highlands County in southern [[Florida]], and Inman in Spartanburg County in northwestern [[South Carolina]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peoplesearch.com/PeopleSearchResults.aspx?utf8=%E2%9C%93&txtfirstname=Fred&txtlastname=Lowery&statepicked=LA&imgPeopleSearch.x=25&imgPeopleSearch.y=34|title=Search Results for Lowery, Fred in LA|publisher=peoplesearch.com|accessdate=June 16, 2012}}</ref>

Lowery and his wife, the former Lisabeth Leigh Jones (born ca. 1951), whom he frequently mentions in his sermons, have two daughters, Shelby Lynn Lowery, and Christy Camille Lowery Facianne. He previously lived in Homer in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, Avon Park in Highlands County in southern [[Florida]], and Inman in Spartanburg County in northwestern South Carolina.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peoplesearch.com/PeopleSearchResults.aspx?utf8=%E2%9C%93&txtfirstname=Fred&txtlastname=Lowery&statepicked=LA&imgPeopleSearch.x=25&imgPeopleSearch.y=34|title=Search Results for Lowery, Fred in LA|publisher=peoplesearch.com|accessdate=June 16, 2012}}</ref>

==Pastor and author==

==Pastor and author==