Pastor Fred Lowry was born in Denison, Texas in 1954 while his dad was stationed in the Air Force. He grew up as a child in Delaware and then later settled in Chattanooga, Tennessee for his high school years.

While in Tenneessee he attended the University of Tennessee for a brief time majoring in physics and then later transferred to Tennessee Temple University to study for the ministry. He completed a B.S. in math education and later completed a Masters Degree and Ph.D in New Testament Theology. Vikki also has an secondary education degree in music and is currently studying Biblical counseling.

Pastor Fred began ministry work over 34 years ago serving in various positions, from music to education...even serving 6 years as a high school principal. He has now pastored for over 20 years, coming to DLBC as pastor in 1993. His chief hobby is bass fishing. Pastor Fred and Vikki were married June 22, 1973 and have 2 children, Vanessa who attends DBCC pursuing nursing and Veronica who attends Heritage Middle School.