For Pastors
You are probably here because someone mentioned my name, or a video crossed your screen, and now you are doing what a careful shepherd does before putting a man in front of his people. Good. That instinct is right, and this page exists to honor it. I'll do my best to provide plain answers to the questions you are actually asking.
Who I Am
I have been an evangelist for thirty-two years, twenty-five of them full time. Over six thousand services in churches across forty-eight states, Canada, and Mexico.
Calvary Baptist Church in Midland, Michigan, a conservative GARBC church, was my home church for forty-seven years. I grew up there, graduated from its Christian academy, and was ordained to the Gospel ministry there. In 2025 my wife and I moved to Weatherford, Texas, and joined Victory Baptist Church, which now serves as our home and sending church.
Churches sometimes assume I am a musician who preaches. That gets it backwards. I am a singing preacher, not a preaching singer. The preaching carries the meeting. The music opens hearts for it.
My burden in the pulpit has not changed in three decades: preach the Scriptures accurately, and send people home with handles to carry the truth. A sermon a man cannot remember on Tuesday did not finish its work on Sunday.
What I Believe
I am a conservative, dispensational Baptist. I am a traditional text preacher, and I use the King James in all aspects of our ministry. But the thrust of my ministry is not the text debate, and I exercise graciousness toward those who take a different reasonable view as I minister across a few stripes of conservative Bible-believing churches.
My music is on the conservative side, but it is not strict. I am a creative man, and I believe sacred music should reflect all of God's attributes: His majesty, certainly, but also His joy, His tenderness, His inventiveness. I write and arrange for the church, not for the market. I have written several books on music in the church, most recently Playlist Theology, so if you want to know exactly where I stand, it is in print and I will stand behind every page.
A full doctrinal statement is available here, and I would rather you read it than wonder.
What a Meeting Looks Like
My wife, Amanda, travels with me, and she sings. We bring everything we need: a sound system that fits in the vehicle and no rider of requirements. I have ministered in churches of thirty and churches of six thousand, and the meeting is built the same way in both: the Word at the center, the music in its service.
Churches book us in one of three ways. The first and fullest is a Sunday through Wednesday Encouragement Meeting: four days of enjoyable, biblical preaching and copious amounts of music, built to leave a church stronger than we found it. The second option is a weeknight A Cappella & More concert, a single evening of music with the Gospel at its center. The third is an Encouragement Sunday, one Lord's Day with morning and evening services. A single Sunday serves best when a neighboring church shares the surrounding week, so if you know a pastor down the road, bring him into the conversation. The schedule is yours to shape, and I will tell you honestly what I think will bear the most fruit in your context.
If your church needs more than encouragement in general, a meeting can be built around one of three seminars. Playlist Theology walks a congregation through music discernment without dividing over preferences; it grew out of my book by the same name. Fragile Faith is for the believer who still believes, but barely: what to do when God seems silent and life weighs more than faith can carry. Unshaken is a call to conviction in a collapsing culture, for churches and families tired of being told to bend. Each one is preaching and music together, with the Scriptures doing the heavy lifting.
The music deserves a word of its own, because you cannot judge it from a description. The signature is one-man a cappella: every voice mine, arranged in harmony, built live in front of the congregation. Pastors have watched a skeptical congregation lean forward inside the first verse. But that is about sixty percent of what we carry. I also sit down at the piano with the classic hymns, sometimes taking requests from the pews. I write new music for congregations to sing. And some of what we bring travels with full orchestration. I would rather show you than explain it, and our YouTube channel exists for exactly that purpose.
The Practical Questions
We ask the church to cover travel expenses and lodging, and to receive a love offering. That is the entire arrangement.
Scheduling typically runs months ahead, but I keep room for the meeting that comes up suddenly, because revival rarely checks the calendar first.
References
Start with the two men who know me best. Dr. Dan Dickerson pastors Calvary Baptist Church in Midland, Michigan, the church I grew up in. Rob Catuto pastors Victory Baptist Church in Weatherford, Texas, our sending church. Either will tell you plainly what kind of man you would be inviting.
“They both exhibit a servant’s spirit and their ministry is marked by humility, clarity, and a strong commitment to biblical truth. We recommend them without hesitation to any church looking for encouragement through biblical music and preaching.”
Pastor Rob Catuto, Victory Baptist Church, Weatherford, Texas
“Excellent preaching and singing. I still remember the first message Ben preached here... In all my years I have never heard that passage explained so well.”
Dr. Johnny Pope, Pastor, Christchurch Baptist Fellowship
“I have loved Ben Everson’s music, but I was pleasantly surprised to hear his preaching for the first time. He is an underrated preacher. We’ve had him and his family back to Smyrna Baptist Church on multiple occasions.”
Dr. Bill Adams, Smyrna Baptist Church
Beyond these men, I have served alongside churches and institutions across this country for over thirty years, and I am glad to put you in touch with pastors who can tell you what a meeting with me actually did for their people, six months after I left.
The Invitation
If what you have read here sounds like a fit for your church, write to me. Tell me about your congregation, what season your church is in, and what you are praying a meeting would accomplish. I read every one of these myself.