John Carroll, M.Div.
Senior Pastor
jcarroll@fbcaiken.org
John has served in various ministry positions in the church, the non-profit world, and global missions. He has been a pastor in Virginia, a pastoral assistant for community engagement and disciple formation in North Carolina, and a youth minister in Georgia. He also started a homeless ministry in college, engaged in tsunami relief work in Indonesia after the 2004 Southeast Asia Tsunami, and worked as an assistant building coordinator with the Macon Area Habitat for Humanity. From 2007 to 2009, John served alongside his wife, Casey, as field personnel with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship in Southeast Asia working with a clean water project. Interspersed among these various ministry opportunities, John received his Bachelors in Christianity from Mercer University and his Master of Divinity from Wake Forest University School of Divinity.
John’s work and volunteer experience speak to his calling to touch the pain-laced places of life with tangible and redeeming acts of presence, justice, and love. He also loves running, cooking, reading, carpentry, and good cups of coffee.
John is married to Casey who is a licensed clinical social worker, and together they are parenting their three sons Josiah, Elliot, and Asa.