Who are we?

Like our congregation, the leadership at Carrollton is a racially diverse group of God's people who feel blessed to serve our congregation, New Orleans, and each other.

We are far from perfect, but we cling to God's mercy as we walk together toward heaven.  Bottom line: we love because we've been loved.  We forgive because we are forgiven, and we have dedicated ourselves to God's service bringing light into a dark world of sin, hurt, and loss. 

Kirk and Charles share an office, the pulpit, ministry duties, the blame, and on a good day, lunch.  In fact, looking back over the past year or two, one finds that most of our staff meetings involved food...it is New Orleans.

Our Elders and their wives in the holy land (or Abilene, Texas depending to whom one is speaking).  Carrollton has been blessed by its relationship with ACU and many of the churches in Abilene including Southern Hills, University, and Minter Lane.

Who are we? 

A Picture is worth more than all those words to the left...

Charles Edgerson and Robert Carpenter are our two Shepherds.  Charles is a postman in New Orleans, and Robert works for the Riverside Hilton.  With generous hearts and loving words, they have led the Carrollton family through an extraordinarly difficult period with grace and compassion.  They lead through humble, sacrificial service to the body of Christ .

Angela Marsalis is our office administrator, minister of communication, and doer of all things office. Her beloved husband is Charles Marsalis who serves as Carrollton's minister. Aside from all their other responsibilities, Angela and Charles also lead Carrollton's evangelistic outreach in Hollygrove--an inner-city neighborhood a few miles from our building where we are in the process of planting a new church.  If you'd like to read about Angela's and Charles' experiences during Hurricane Katrina, click here.

This is the "after picking it up for the picture" view of our other minister, Kirk Garrison. He's pictured here in his and Charles' office that also serves as the middle school classroom, library, and general storage room.  "Clutter? What clutter? I know where everything is, pretty much."  Kirk attends meetings, does some of the preaching, moves papers around his desk, and says he spends time "thinking."

Perry Rogers is our Children's Minister and the Director of KidCity. Always in motion, she finally slowed down long enough to get caught on film as she tutored one afternoon.  Her Masters in Education has been a blessing to our ministry to the children in our neighborhood.