Pastor Earl Pennell is a native North Carolinian .
His wife is Susan Gabriel Pennell and they have three daughters. Amy, Natalie, and Jessica.
He was licensed by Springs Road Baptist Church in Hickory, NC in 1980.
Rev. Pennell was ordained by the Grace Baptist Church in Taylorsville, NC.(1983)
He is a graduate of Catawba Valley Community College and Lenoir Rhyne College with a Bachelor of Arts Degree.
He is also a graduate of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (1987) with a Master of Divinity Degree.

After serving in the NC towns of Wise, Louisburg, Winston-Salem and Boger City
he has been serving at Woodlawn Baptist in Charlotte since 1998.

Pastor Earl is a musician and likes to play drums, guitar, and keyboard.