Vernon L. Carter, pastor, organizer, and visionary of the Berean Church is a native of Lanett (West Shawmut), Alabama. He is the son of the late Johnnie C. Carter and Juanita Carter Gilder. Pastor Car

Vernon L. Carter, pastor, organizer, and visionary of the Berean Church is a native of Lanett (West Shawmut), Alabama. He is the son of the late Johnnie C. Carter and Juanita Carter Gilder. Pastor Carter is married to Valerie Wright Carter and the father of two sons DeKennon and Keiron, and one daughter, Kristaan.  He is a fourth generation preacher, his great grandfather, the Reverend Brady C. Carter, Sr. was a African Methodist Episcopal pastor and his grandfather the Reverend Brady C. Carter, Jr., pastored several Missionary Baptist churches and organized the Community Missionary Baptist Church in Valley, Alabama.