Rev. Carl Dorsey, the son of the late Gladys Alderman Dorsey and the Reverend Edward H. Dorsey, pastor of the Tabernacle Baptist Church, Atlanta, GA is a descendant of a line of preachers: he is the grandson of the late Reverend Joseph Thomas Dorsey, pastor of the Greater Mount Zion Baptist Church, Atlanta. GA and the great grandson of the late Reverend Henry Alderman, organizer and pastor of First Baptist Church, Teachey, North Carolina. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Rev. Dorsey grew up in Teachey with his maternal grandparents. When his father was called to pastor the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Atlanta, he moved to Atlanta where he attended the Atlanta Public School system and graduated from the David T. Howard High School. Upon graduation, he joined the U.S. Marine Corp. and received extensive military training. He is married to Diadra Gresham Dorsey and together have six children. He serves as an Associate Minister at Bethlehem and has also served as Interim Pastor of Tabernacle Baptist Church (Atlanta, GA), Moderator of the Antioch Baptist Church (San Jose, California), Associate Minister Allen Temple Baptist Church (Oakland, California).