Who We Are

Biographical Sketch for
Kent Lucas, Executive Director,
The Winner's Circle

Kent Lucas was born in Pensacola, FL, May 14, 1953. Raised in the church, coming to faith in Christ at the age of eight, Kent began sensing God's call to ministry as a teenager. He attended San Jacinto College in Pasadena, TX. He married Mary Kathryn Davidson April 12, 1974. In 1993, Kent was ordained as a deacon in the University Heights Baptist Church in Huntsville, Texas.

During the years prior to entering full-time ministry, Kent was an entrepreneur and businessman, owing several businesses. Additionally, he worked in management positions with several other organizations including Trinity Pines Baptist Conference Center, Burger King Corp, and Adcorp.

In March of 1995, Kent participated in a Huntsville, Texas Bill Glass Weekend of Champions followed by other events. In 1996 Kent accepted the position with the Glass organization of Associate Director of Prison Ministries, and was also ordained a Minister of the Gospel by University Baptist in Huntsville.

Kent developed the expanding Ministry's first long-range planning calendar for BGM. Taking the years of the ministry's experience in citywide crusades, Kent adapted that model to prison ministry events. The current manual being used today is in large part, the work God accomplished through Kent, assisted by field staff. The number of ministry volunteers doubled in six years.

In his time with the Glass organization, Kent organized and directed 110 prison ministry events in 20 states. In 2003, Kent led teams in Monterrey, Mexico. Eighty-five local volunteers were raised up, with over 50 trained and functioning mentors working in the juvenile prisons. The events under Kent's direction have had access to over 350,000 inmates, with approximately 70,000 indicating some type of decision for Christ.

In 2001, working with a Harris County Judge, Kent developed a revolutionary new program to reach (first time offender) juveniles. The program, now called, Ring of Champions, is dependent on trained and certified juvenile mentors. A group of Corpus Christi friends caught the vision launching their own program February 2002. Kent recruited former prison chaplain Ralph McMullen to manage and direct the "Corpus Christi Model". By God's grace, the initial 20 trained, certified mentors have grown into 350 active mentors today.

Since inception, over 3,000 juveniles have come through the program. Over 2,000 of these have trusted Christ, as have over 300 parents of these young people. As of August, 2004, only 12 of the 3,000 participants have recidivated; that is less than 1/2 of one percent! In 2003, the Ring of Champions was named by the Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce the "Most Effective Community Program".

Kent and Mary Kathryn now live in Huntsville, Texas. It is from here that he directs the Winner's Circle program. He serves on the boards of the Alabama Criminal Justice Ministries Network, the Training Center Substance Abuse Program, and as secretary of the Board of The Coalition of Prison Evangelists, with members from through the world. Additionally, Kent is active in his local community through his work in The Lions Club and the Huntsville-Walker County Chamber of Commerce. Kent was included in the International Who's Who of Professionals 2001-2002 and 2002-2003.

Kent is committed to the fulfillment of our Lord's Great Commission, the edifying and building up Christ's Church, (Body) in the world, living in the fullness and leading of the Holy Spirit, transferable tools and training, spiritual multiplication, blessing and praying for all Christian ministries and striving (in Spirit) to preserve the unity of the Spirit among all believers.