About 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 their 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 high school in 1974, he attended Troy State University, pursuing studies that led him into a business career. He moved to Lee County in 1980 and built a successful career in automobile sales and management. In 1986, at 29 years old, he opened his own independent business, operating it for more than nine years.
Pastor Anderson accepted his call to ministry and was licensed to preach in December 1996, and ordained in June 1997 at Greater Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church, in Salem, AL, where he served in his first pastorate role. In 1999 he launched a successful local Christian radio program, “Coffee Break for Christ.” In September 2009, after serving at Greater Ebenezer and New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church, he was called to pastor Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church, where he continues to serve. On December 31, 2015, after 37 years in the business world, many as a bi-vocational pastor, he retired to focus entirely on ministry.
Pastor Anderson is a founding Board member of Christ Our Redeemer Seminary, an accredited seminary in Auburn, dedicated to equipping men and women for local and global careers in ministry. He is an active member of the Lee County Ministerial Alliance and serves on the Prison Ministry Team at the Lee County Detention Center, a role he has held for over 12 years. In addition to his pastoral duties, he is very active in the community. He serves as Vice-President on the Auburn Public Library Advisory Board and he is a Spiritual Encourager and Board Member of The Mercy Medical Ministry and Clinic in Auburn. Additionally, he serves on the Board of The Women’s Hope Medical Clinic, and Hope Adoptions, also in Auburn.
Christian education has always been important to Pastor Anderson. After his call into the ministry, he studied at The Montgomery Bible Institute and Theological Center, in Montgomery, AL. He lives in Auburn with his wife, Dr. Karen Spencer Anderson. They have two children, Subria and Jabez.
