Rusty has been serving as Lead Pastor of New Day Christian Church in Port Charlotte, FL, since 2010. For the previous fourteen years, he was an associate minister at Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, Kentucky. He has co-authored several books with his father, Bob Russell, including When God Answers Prayer and When God Builds a Church. Rusty has a B.A. in Biblical Studies from Cincinnati Christian University and a Master of Divinity from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He and his wife Kellie have been married since 1991. They have four children, two daughters-in-law, one son-in-law, and one granddaughter.