About Me

I have had a host of titles that describe me.  I have been a husband, a father, a grandfather, a son, and a brother, an uncle, a nephew, and a neighbor. I’ve been a minister for most of my life. These terms tell a lot about who I am and what I do, but none of them individually define me.

Do note this: each term is a relational. Each word describes how I’ve related to different people in different aspects of life.

My name is Carl White.  I was married to my best friend, Frances, for 43 years. We had three children, now grown and married, and six grandchildren. Life was good.

In May of 2021 the Lord saw fit to take Frances home after a ten month battle with Glioblastoma Multiform. It was the honor of my life to take care of her during those days. I felt a bit lost.

A little more than a year later God brought to me a great surprise: Cheryl Peden, a tenured professor at Mississippi College. We had known each other in high school. We’ve been married now for a few years and simply love sitting on the couch and holding hands. God is good.

I pastored Baptist churches over a span of 36 years, the same one for over 17 years.  All total I have been the pastor of four churches, on the staff of two others, and served as a denominational editor, for a total of 42 years in ministry. Now I’m retired, but I still preach when asked and occasionally do an interim pastorate.

While all of these relationships define me, none does so more than my relationship by faith with Christ. Without these relationships I would have no identity. In truth, I am the synthesis of all these relationships in my life. No one completely defines me, and the loss of one of these deeply grieved me. But life carries joyfully on.

This is who I am.