Our Pastor

Dr. B. G. Buchanan, Sr., was born in Powell, Oklahoma; reared in Fort Worth, Texas, from the age of nine; and born again in May, 1966. He graduated from Bible Baptist Seminary in May of 1971 with a Bachelor of Divinity degree. He received honorary degrees from Covington Theological Seminary in 1982, Hyles-Anderson College in 1983, and Oklahoma Baptist College in 2000.

Dr. Buchanan has pastored three churches; Tabernacle Baptist, Roanoke, Texas, for two and a half years; Bible Baptist, Wichita Falls, Texas, for five years; and Central Baptist Church, Baton Rouge, Louisiana for the past twenty-seven years. Central Baptist Church is the largest independent Baptist church in Louisiana, ministering to over 700 per week including both Sunday school and outreach ministries. Under Dr. Buchanan's leadership, Central Baptist has trained and sent out many pastors, evangelists, missionaries, school principals, and other full-time Christian workers.

Dr. Buchanan has been married to Sarita (Duncan) Buchanan for over forty years. They have three married children (all serving the Lord in independent fundamental Baptist churches) and nine grandchildren.