A life of service — in the pulpit, in uniform, and in the community

Dr. Ace Carter is a pastor, apostle, retired U.S. Army veteran, and researcher whose life's work sits at the intersection of faith and practical service. For more than three decades he has walked alongside people the systems often miss: veterans carrying invisible wounds, families one paycheck from the street, and neighbors searching for a place to belong.

His ministry and his research ask the same question from two directions: what does it actually take for a person to be restored? In the pulpit that answer sounds like hope and accountability. In his doctoral work it looks like data, interviews, and policy recommendations grounded in trauma-informed care.

Dr. Carter serves across ministry, nonprofit, and civic tables in the Phoenix metro area, bringing veterans, clinicians, congregations, and public agencies into the same conversation — because no single institution solves homelessness alone.