Elder Lisa T. Ballard is married to her husband of forty-one years, Pastor David Ballard, Sr., who serves as the senior pastor of Sunrise Full Gospel Baptist Church of Chicago, Illinois.

Lisa's preaching is filled with humor, transparency, and humility; captivating audiences and crossing the barriers of denomination, race, and age. She is a mentor, motivator, and inspiration to many, and her ministry has expanded from church to church, as well as into prisons, schools, and conferences across the United States.

Lisa considers raising a multi-talented family to be her greatest achievement, and she takes great pride in seeing her five adult children, along with her son-in-law and daughter-in-law, minister both in and out of the pulpit-but her ten grandchildren bring her the biggest smiles.