Brian Croft is the former Senior Pastor of Auburndale Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky, and is the Founder and Executive Director of Practical Shepherding, Inc

He is also Senior Fellow for the Mathena Center for Church Revitalization and an Adjunct Professor at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the husband of Cara and father of four children, son Samuel and daughters Abby, Isabelle, and Claire.

He has served in pastoral ministry for over twenty-five years, spending seventeen years as Senior Pastor of Auburndale Baptist Church.