Dr. Ronnie Floyd served as the Senior Pastor of Cross Church, a multi-campus church in Northwest Arkansas, for over thirty-two years. He was elected Pastor Emeritus of Cross Church upon his call to serve as the President and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee. Since January 2022, he has been preaching in churches across America, consulting with ministries and organizations, coaching pastors and leaders, and writing two significant books that will be released in 2024 and 2025.

In his thirty-two years of serving as Senior Pastor of Cross Church, over 25,000 people were baptized, and membership grew from 3,700 to over 20,000. While at Cross Church, he led the church to begin a national television ministry, the Cross Church School of Ministry, and the Compassion Center. In 2001, he led the church to become a multi-campus church and founded the Northwest Arkansas Business Persons Luncheon, with an attendance of over 130,000 since its inception. Under his leadership, Cross Church planted over 150 new churches regionally, nationally, and internationally. Simultaneously, Cross Church became the number two giving church through the Southern Baptist Convention Cooperative Program, giving $1.3 million in his final year as pastor. Additionally, Cross Church has three large campuses located strategically in Northwest Arkansas, and the church is debt-free. With his compelling call and strategic vision to take Good News to the whole world, Dr. Floyd has a deep commitment to developing leaders from all walks of life to change the world.