Nelson Sneed was born in Mecklenburg County, Virginia near the town of Clarksville. He is the fifth of ten children born to Robert and Annie Mae Sneed. He is married to Mrs. Sara Tims Sneed, and they have three children Angela, Christina, and David. He joined the Davis Chapel Baptist Church in Stovall, NC at a young age. In January 1979, he joined the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church (MPBC) located in Alexandria, VA. There he served in many of MPBC ministries and twelve years in the Deacon Ministry. Pastor and First Lady Sneed served for three years on the Executive Committee of Family Life (a division of Campus Crusade for Christ) in the Washington Metro Area. Pastor Sneed retired from Verizon Communications in August 2008 after thirty-one years of service.

He graduated from the Washington Bible College located in Lanham, Md with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He was licensed to the Gospel Ministry in December 1993 and ordained in December 2000. On September 10, 2002 he accepted the call to serve as Pastor of the Little Forest Baptist Church (LFBC) in Stafford, Virginia. Every member of the LFBC family is challenged to daily promote the glory of God (the very reason we exist – His glory) through wholehearted worship, a discipline study of God’s Word, a ministry of work that nurtures and edifies, and yes - an open mouth witness to unbelievers, all built upon a fervent prayer life.” Pastor Sneed passion is to create a “culture of excellence” among God’s people as we embrace the truth of Galatians 2:20, “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave Himself for me.” What glorious truth and power to yield a transformed life embodied in this fact “Christ lives in us.”