FBC Coushatta|P.O. Box 465|2000 Alonzo St.|Coushatta, LA 71019|318-932-4023
Philip Caples - Pastor

Bro. Philip graduated in 1978 from West Union High School in Union County, Mississippi and attended Blue Mountain Christian University in Blue Mountain, Mississippi where he earned a B.A. degree in Bible and English in 2001. He received his M. Div. in Biblical Languages in 2005, a Th.M. degree in Preaching in 2010, and a Ph.D. in Preaching and New Testament in 2012 from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in New Orleans.

Bro. Philip taught at Louisiana College from 2011 until 2020 full-time before returning to the pastorate of First Baptist Church in Harrisonburg, LA. He joined the staff at First Baptist Church in Coushatta, LA in May of 2023 as Pastor.

Bro. Philip and his wife Joann have two children and four grandchildren.

When Bro. Philip is not at the church, he loves to work his dog Beaux, deer hunt, and fish where he can enjoy God's creation.