Background
Carden, Alan L. was born on December 21, 1953 in Prattville, Alabama, United States.
Carden, Alan L. was born on December 21, 1953 in Prattville, Alabama, United States.
Bachelor of Music, Mississippi College, Clinton, 1976. Master of Church Music, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 1979. Master of Religious Education, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 1988.
Doctor of Ministry, Columbia Theological Seminary, Atlanta, 2000.
Minister music Shiloh Baptist Church, Saraland, Alabama, 1980—1985, First Baptist Church, Theodore, 1987—1988. Staff chaplain Baptist Regional Medical Center, Corbin, Kentucky, 1991—1992, Baptist Health Systems, Jackson, Mississippi, 1992—1998, clinical ministries manager, 1998—2003, hospital chaplain director, since 2003.
Volunteer Habitat for Humanity, Jackson, since 1992, board member, since 1995. Fellow: American Association Pastoral Counselors.
Son of Ocie Omer and Eloise Sanford Carden, Barbara Carden (Stepmother). Children: Matthew Marshall, Casey Elizabeth.