Bucas Sterling, III has been serving God, in the Spirit of excellence, as Senior Pastor of Kettering Baptist Church since April 2000. His prior ministry service includes thirteen years at Mt. Calvary Baptist Church in Lanham MD, where for six of those years, he served full time, as Assistant Pastor. He also served at the House of Prayer in Grand Forks, North Dakota where he began fulfilling his ministry calling in 1985.

Pastor Sterling attended Prince George’s Community College, University of North Dakota and Washington Bible College. He holds degrees in Criminal Justice and Pastoral Theology. He served four years with the United States Air Force.

His ministry vision includes reaching the world with the gospel of Christ through the doors God opens for us while deliberately making disciples, edifying the community in areas of need. He is also very interested in exposing and preparing Christians, young and old to hands on missions work. He feels that African American churches in general have failed to develop missionaries by showing our people young and old that serving as missionaries in the field, even short term, is a viable life choice. He does concede that they will send money to the mission field but are notably absent when it comes to actual physical participation.

Pastor Sterling, a lifelong resident of Prince Georges County, Maryland, has been happily married to his wife, Carolyn, since December of 1983. The Lord has blessed them with three children – daughters, LaTonya and Virtre’, and son Tori.