Our Pastor

Pastor Bernard Anderson is a native of
Wetumpka, AL. One of five children, he
was greatly influenced by his parents who
were both very active in the church. He
joined the Mt. Pisgah Missionary Baptist
Church at an early age and soon showed the
same fervor for working in the church that
his parents had.

After graduating from high
school in 1974, he spent his college years at
Troy State University. While there he
followed a course of study that would lead
him into the business world. He moved to
Lee County in 1980 and began a successful
career in the automobile business that
included sales and management. In 1986, at
the age of 29, he opened his own
independent business, and operated it for
over 9 years.

Pastor Anderson accepted this call into the ministry and was licensed to preach in December 1996. He was ordained in June 1997, while he was a member of the Greater Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church. His first pastorate began later that year in the same church.

In 1999, God gave him a successful ministry in local Christian radio. “Coffee Break for Christ,” a daily program focused on teaching God’s word, was on the air for several years. In September of 2009, after serving two previous churches, he was called as Pastor of the Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church,
where he continues to serve. On December 31, 2015, after thirty-seven years in the business world, many of them as a bi-vocational pastor, he retired and began to devote his attention to ministry.

Christian education has always been of the utmost importance to Pastor Anderson. After accepting his call, he immediately began seeking ministry and pastoral training. He began his studies at the Montgomery Bible Institute and Theological Center in
Montgomery. He has also completed extension courses at Beeson Divinity School of Samford University in Birmingham.

In addition to his pastoral duties, Pastor Anderson is very active in the community. He serves as a counselor and is on the Board of Directors of The Mercy Medical Clinic and The Women’s Hope Clinic. Both ministries are located in Auburn, AL. He has recently been asked to serve as a founding Board member of Christ Our Redeemer Seminary, a new seminary formed for the primary goal of equipping people for God’s global mission. In addition to these responsibilities he still serves, as he has for more than 10 years, on the Prison Ministry Team at the Lee County Detention Center.

Pastor Anderson resides in Auburn with his wife, Dr. Karen Anderson. They have two children, Subria and Jabez.