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Brian Castle was born in New Iberia, LA. He graduated from Jonesboro-Hodge High School, in Jonesboro, LA and attended Northeast Louisiana University (now known as the University of Louisiana at Monroe) where he graduated cum laude receiving his bachelor of science degree in education.  He is an ordained Baptist minister who accepted his calling December 2000. In 2005 he completed the Certificate of Progress Program and was awarded the Diploma of Christian Education from the Department of Christian Education Accreditation and Credentials Sunday School Publishing Board, National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. Nashville, TN. He is currently enrolled at the Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary in Jacksonville, TX pursuing his Master of Divinity degree. He has served as the Pastor of the Indiana Street Missionary Baptist Church in Pine Bluff, AR for eleven (11) years.He is married to Sister Constance Castle of Monroe, LA and they have three children, a son-in-law, and one grandson, La’Sasha (Justin) Alexander, Justin Alexander Jr.,  O’Shaye Castle, and Na’Shall Castle.Brian is a former public school teacher and administrator who has committed his life to Christian Education for the equipping of God’s people to continue the message, ministry, and mission of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. He teaches all over the state of Arkansas for several districts and serves as an active instructor for both the Consolidated Missionary Baptist State Convention of Arkansas and the Regular Arkansas Baptist State Convention.He is employed as the Vice President and Mortgage Lending Administrator for the Pine Bluff Cotton Belt Federal Credit Union where he has served the community for more than eighteen (18) years. He has been actively involved in the real estate finance industry for more than twenty-five (25) years.