Dr. Joe Alain has been preaching and teaching for over thirty years. The bulk of his preaching has been in South Louisiana where he served as the Senior Pastor at the First Baptist Church of Port Allen and Hebron Baptist Church in Denham Springs. Currently, he serves as the Senior Pastor at Carrollwood Baptist Church in Tampa, Florida. Dr. Alain employs an expositional style of preaching, often preaching the rich biographical narratives found in Scripture. While seeking to be true to the text in its context, Dr. Alain unearths the depth and details that often lie beneath the text that provide the richness for theological reflection in Scripture. The use of metaphor to explain and illustrate the text, and the use of probing questions is often seen in his sermons. ??
Dr. Alain is a graduate of The Baptist College of Florida and The New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, having received both the M.Div. and Ph.D degrees. He is married to Rhonda McCall Alain and has three children. As well as pastoring, Dr. Alain has served as an adjunct faculty member of the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary since 2000 and has published several articles in the field of preaching. When not involved in church ministries, Dr. Alain enjoys reading, hiking, and spending time with his grandchildren.