Rev. Dr. Kevin Wilson has served as the President of the Ohio District, LCMS since 2018. Joining the Ohio District staff in 2006, Wilson previously worked as Executive Director of Mission and Ministry and as a Regional Facilitator.

Wilson came to the Ohio District from the Phoenix area, where he started Word of Life Lutheran Church and School as a Missionary-at-Large for the Pacific Southwest District. Wilson previously served in Kansas, where he was Senior Pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church in Leavenworth, KS and founding pastor of Trinity Family of Faith Lutheran Church in Basehor, KS. Prior to entering the ministry, Wilson worked as a journalist.

Wilson holds a Doctor of Ministry degree from Fuller Theological Seminary, Masters of Divinity from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO and a Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, in Print and Editorial Journalism from Wichita State University. He has earned certification from Pastoral Leadership Institute, Coachnet Global and the Transforming Congregations Network. Wilson also is credentialed by the International Coaching Federation.

Wilson and his wife, Dorinda, are blessed with three adult children.