Donnie Seagle came to First Baptist in January 2005, while the church was in the middle of building a 50,000 square foot facility.

Prior to coming to First Baptist, Donnie was involved with The Florida Baptist Convention and was responsible for coordinating and directing all research for new church plants and church revitalization studies.
In addition, he was responsible for demographic profiles and information, public opinion surveys and report interpretation and presentation.

Donnie pastored various South Carolina and Florida churches for over a dozen years, prior to his position with The Florida Convention.

Donnie received a Bachelor of Arts in Government/Pre-Law from Campbell University in 1984, A Master of Divinity from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in 1989. Accepted into the Doctor of Ministry program, Church growth and Evangelism, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky in 1999.