Courageous Living- About Dr. Neal Carlson

Neal Carlson lived with his wife Nancy, of 53 ½ years Between 2,000 and 2013 they lived in a small seacoast town in Central California, USA called Cayucos. After his wife "graduated" to Heaven (August, 2013) he now lives 5 miles south in a small sea coast town called Morro Bay, California. The town is located on Hwy 1 roughly half way between San Francisco and Los Angeles. Calif. USA.

He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, April 27, l934 and at age 9 moved with his parents to the southern state of Louisiana where he was raised in the city of Shreveport. He graduated from Byrd High School there in 1952.

He holds a B.A. degree from Louisiana College (1956), a Master of Divinity from the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (1960) and a Doctorate from California Graduate School of Theology (1971).

At age 19 he responded to the call from God to the ministry and within months was called to his first church as pastor, the Jacoby Baptist Church, Lettsworth, Louisiana. He celebrated 50 years in the ministry, April, 2003.

At the graduate school in New Orleans, l959, he met his wife to be, NANCY JANE DuBOIS from Kirkwood, (St. Louis) Missouri. She was working on her Masters in religious education.

Together they pastored:

Bridge City Baptist Church - greater New Orleans, La.
First Baptist Church - Plano, Illinois
Beverly Hills Baptist Church - greater Detroit, Michigan
American Baptist Church - Ridgecrest, California
Alvarado Baptist Church - San Diego, California

And 28 1/2 years - COMMUNITY CHURCH FELLOWSHIP King City, California until December 31, 2000.

Currently he is president of FOUNDATION FOR LIVING, Inc. which he founded in 1972 and pastor of THE CHURCH IN THE SON (the internet ministry)

They have 5 grown children; Robyn Lynn, Kenneth Neal, Darrin Neal, Bryan Neal, and Jody Lynn, all who live in the coastal town of Cayucos, California.

They have 12 grandchildren