Bro. Charles has lived in the Daytona Beach area for over 22 years. He served as Pastor of South Peninsula Baptist Church for 18 years, then led that congregation to associate themselves with another Baptist church in the area. He currently serves as Worship Pastor for First Baptist South Daytona.  As a leader in associational work he has served as Moderator and filled in as Moderator/Director of Missions during a time when our association was looking for the person God wanted us to have. He currently serves as parliamentarian and advises other churches on Constitution and By-Laws issues. He also serves as the Associational Vacation Bible School Director. An Alabama native, he is married to Beth, a native Floridian, and has two lovely girls. He went to Stetson University for two years, and graduated with the Bachelor of Theology from The Baptist College of Florida. He continued on to receive a Master of Theology and a Doctorate of Pastoral Theology from an independent Baptist Seminary. He has been in the ministry since 1986 and has served churches in Kentucky, Alabama, and Florida, and served on the Board of Directors for Salt & Light for Jamaica, a mission support organization.