About Pastor Kerry

Kerry Shook, Senior Pastor

KERRY SHOOK is one of today’s most gifted communicators offering a clear, contemporary and creative teaching style.  He is senior pastor of Fellowship of The Woodlands, one of the fastest growing churches in America.

Kerry and his wife, Chris, founded Fellowship of The Woodlands in 1993;  and since then, the church has grown to 15,600 in average attendance each weekend.  Fellowship of The Woodlands is a multi-site church with its main campus in The Woodlands outside of Houston, TX and a satellite campus in the Humble/Kingwood/Atascocita area.  Future satellites are in the planning stages.

Kerry believes that church should be engaging and fun, calling it “The Best Hour of Your Week”.  He strives to eliminate the barriers of boredom, unfriendliness, and fear that keep people from experiencing not just religion, but a relationship with Jesus Christ.  His messages are relevant and his illustrations memorable.

Kerry Shook Ministries is a worldwide television ministry that broadcasts to a local, national and international audience.  Pastor Kerry can now be seen by millions of people in 50 states and 200 countries worldwide. 

Kerry’s first book and New York Times Best-seller (co-authored with Chris), One Month to Live: Thirty Days to a No-Regrets Life, was released in February 2008.  The book encourages readers to face their own mortality and live life to the fullest. The OneMonthtoLive.com website supports total life fitness and allows people to take the 30-Day Challenge. In addition, the One Month to Live Nationwide Church Growth Campaign is designed to help pastors unleash their church’s potential.

Kerry graduated from Baylor University. Kerry then attended Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth.  Kerry and Chris have been married for nearly twenty-five years and have four children.