Bro. Charles is a White County native, spending much of his formative years just down the road in Beebe. He and his wife Mary, of twenty-one years, have five daughters and one grandson of their own and also minister as house parents at a foster home within the region. Bro. Charles has served in various areas of service within the local church, association, and at the state convention levels over the past twenty-two years. He obtained an Associate of Divinity from Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary, a Bachelor of Arts in Christian Ministry, from Spurgeon College, and a Masters of Christian Studies from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
"I believe God has great things in store for CBC and Bald Knob. We must be about our Father's business, loving God by loving others. The greatest way we love others is by sharing the redemptive, life transforming power of the Gospel."
- Bro. Charles