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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.3

                             Employment Agreement

          This Employment Agreement (the "Agreement") is made and entered into
as of ________, 2001 by and between Charter Financial Corp., a federally-
chartered corporation having an office at 600 Third Avenue, West Point, GA 31833
(the "Company") and Robert L. Johnson, an individual residing at 3345 Barnes
Mill Road, Hamilton, GA 31811 (the "Executive").

                            Introductory Statement

          CHARTERBANK, a federally-chartered savings bank having an office at
600 Third Avenue, West Point, GA 31833 (the "Bank") has reorganized from a
federally-chartered mutual savings bank to a federally-chartered stock savings
bank and has become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, a mid-tier stock
holding company, which is majority owned by First Charter MHC, a mutual holding
company (the "Reorganization"). In connection with the Reorganization, certain
shares of the Company's common stock were sold in an initial public stock
offering. The Executive has served the Bank in an executive capacity for many
years and is familiar with the Bank's operations.

          The Board of Directors of the Company has concluded that it is in the
best interests of the Company and their prospective shareholders to secure a
continuity in management following the Reorganization. They also consider it
desirable to establish a working environment for the Executive which minimizes
the personal distractions that might result from possible business combinations
in which the Company or the Bank might be involved. For these reasons, the Board
of Directors of the Company has decided to offer to enter into a contract with
the Executive for his future services. The Executive has accepted this
offer.

          The terms and conditions which the Company and the Executive have
agreed to are as follows.

                                   Agreement

          Section 1.     Employment.
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          The Company hereby continues to employ the Executive, and the
Executive hereby accepts such continued employment, during the period and upon
the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

          Section 2.     Employment Period; Remaining Unexpired Employment
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Period.
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          (a)  The Company shall employ the Executive during an initial period
of three (3) years beginning on the effective date of the Reorganization (the
"Employment Commencement Date") and ending on the day before the third (3/rd/)
anniversary of the Employment Commencement Date, and during the period of any
additional extensions described in section 2(b) (the "Employment Period").

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          (b)  The Board of Directors of the Company shall conduct an annual
review of the Executive's performance on or about each anniversary of the
Employment Commencement Date (each, an "Anniversary Date") and may, on the basis
of such review and by written notice to the Executive, offer to extend the
Employment Period through the day before the third (3/rd/) anniversary of the
relevant Anniversary Date. In such event, the Employment Period shall be deemed
extended in the absence of objection from the Executive by written notice to the
Company given within ten (10) business days after his receipt of the Company's
offer of extension.

          (c)  Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, any
reference in this Agreement to the term "Remaining Unexpired Employment Period"
as of any date shall mean the period beginning on such date and ending on the
day before the third (3/rd/) anniversary of the Employment Commencement Date or,
if later, on the day before the third (3/rd/) anniversary of the last
Anniversary Date as of which the Employment Period was extended pursuant to
section 2(b).

          (d)  Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to prohibit the Company
from terminating the Executive's employment before the end of the Employment
Period with or without notice for any reason. This Agreement shall determine the
relative rights and obligations of the Company and the Executive in the event of
any such termination. In addition, nothing in this Agreement shall require the
termination of the Executive's employment at the expiration of the Employment
Period. Any continuation of the Executive's employment beyond the expiration of
the Employment Period shall be on an "at-will" basis unless the Bank, the
Company and the Executive agree otherwise.

          Section 3.     Duties.
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          The Executive shall serve as Chief Executive Officer and President of
the Company and as Chief Executive Officer and President of the Bank, having
such power, authority and responsibility and performing such duties as are
prescribed by or under their respective By-Laws and as are customarily
associated with such positions. The Executive shall devote his full business
time and attention (other than during weekends, holidays, approved vacation
periods, and periods of illness or approved leaves of absence) to the business
and affairs of the Company and shall use his best efforts to advance their
respective best interests.

          Section 4.     Cash Compensation.
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          In consideration for the services to be rendered by the Executive
hereunder, the Company shall pay to him a salary at an initial annual rate of
____________ ($_______), payable in approximately equal installments in
accordance with their respective customary payroll practices for senior
officers. The Company's Board of Directors shall review the Executive's annual
rate of salary at such times during the Employment Period as it deems
appropriate, but not less frequently than once every twelve (12) months, and
may, at its discretion, approve a salary increase. In addition to salary, the
Executive may receive other cash compensation from the Company or the Bank for
services hereunder at such times, in such amounts and on such terms and
conditions as the Boards of Directors the Company may determine.

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          Section 5.     Employee Benefit Plans and Programs.
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          During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be treated as an
employee of the Company and shall be entitled to participate in and receive
benefits under any and all qualified or non-qualified retirement, pension,
savings, profit-sharing or stock bonus plans, any and all group life, health
(including hospitalization, medical and major medical), dental, accident and
long-term disability insurance plans, and any other employee benefit and
compensation plans (including, but not limited to, any incentive compensation
plans or programs, stock option and appreciation rights plans and restricted
stock plans) as may from time to time be maintained by, or cover employees of,
the Company in accordance with the terms and conditions of such employee benefit
plans and programs and compensation plans and programs and consistent with the
Company's customary practices.

          Section 6.     Indemnification and Insurance.
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          (a)  During the Employment Period and for a period of six years
thereafter, the Company shall cause the Executive to be covered by and named as
an insured under any policy or contract of insurance obtained by them to insure
their directors and officers against personal liability for acts or omissions in
connection with service as an officer or director of the Company or the Bank or
service in other capacities at their request. The coverage provided to the
Executive pursuant to this section 6 shall be of the same scope and on the same
terms and conditions as the coverage (if any) provided to other officers or
directors of the Company.

          (b)  To the maximum extent permitted under applicable law, during the
Employment Period and for a period of six years thereafter, the Company shall
indemnify the Executive against and hold him harmless from any costs,
liabilities, losses and exposures to the fullest extent and on the most
favorable terms and conditions that similar indemnification is offered to any
director or officer of the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate thereof.

          Section 7.     Outside Activities.
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          The Executive may serve as a member of the boards of directors of such
business, community and charitable organizations as he may disclose to and as
may be approved by the Board of Directors of the Company (which approval shall
not be unreasonably withheld); provided, however, that such service shall not
materially interfere with the performance of his duties under this Agreement.
The Executive may also engage in personal business and investment activities
which do not materially interfere with the performance of his duties hereunder;
provided, however, that such activities are not prohibited under any code of
conduct or investment or securities trading policy established by the Company
and generally applicable to all similarly situated executives.

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          Section 8.     Working Facilities and Expenses.
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          The Executive's principal place of employment shall be at the
Company's executive offices at the address first above written, or at such other
location as the Company and the Executive may mutually agree upon. The Company
shall provide the Executive at his principal place of employment with a private
office, secretarial services and other support services and facilities suitable
to his positions with the Company and necessary or appropriate in connection
with the performance of his assigned duties under this Agreement. The Company
shall provide to the Executive for his exclusive use an automobile owned or
leased by the Company and appropriate to his position, to be used in the
performance of his duties hereunder, including commuting to and from his
personal residence. The Company shall reimburse the Executive for his ordinary
and necessary business expenses, including, without limitation, all expenses
associated with his business use of the aforementioned automobile, fees for
memberships in such clubs and organizations as the Executive and the Company
shall mutually agree are necessary and appropriate for business purposes, and
his travel and entertainment expenses incurred in connection with the
performance of his duties under this Agreement, in each case upon presentation
to the payer of an itemized account of such expenses in such form as the payer
may reasonably require.
          Section 9.     Termination Due to Death.
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          The Executive's employment with the Company shall terminate,
automatically and without any further action on the part of any party to this
Agreement, on the date of the Executive's death. In such event:

          (a)  The Company shall pay to the Executive's estate his earned but
     unpaid compensation (including, without limitation, salary and all other
     items which constitute wages under applicable law) as of the date of his
     termination of employment. This payment shall be made at the time and in
     the manner prescribed by law applicable to the payment of wages but in no
     event later than thirty (30) days after the date of the Executive's
     termination of employment.

          (b)  The Company shall provide the benefits, if any, due to the
     Executive's estate, surviving dependents or his designated beneficiaries
     under the employee benefit plans and programs and compensation plans and
     programs maintained for the benefit of the officers and employees of the
     Company. The time and manner of payment or other delivery of these benefits
     and the recipients of such benefits shall be determined according to the
     terms and conditions of the applicable plans and programs.

The payments and benefits described in sections 9(a) and (b) shall be referred
to in this Agreement as the "Standard Termination Entitlements."

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          Section 10.    Termination Due to Disability.
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          The Company may terminate the Executive's employment upon a
determination, by vote of a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of
the Company, acting in reliance on the written advice of a medical professional
acceptable to them, that the Executive is suffering from a physical or mental
impairment which, at the date of the determination, has prevented the Executive
from performing his assigned duties on a substantially full-time basis for a
period of at least one hundred and eighty (180) days during the period of one
(1) year ending with the date of the determination or is likely to result in
death or prevent the Executive from performing his assigned duties on a
substantially full-time basis for a period of at least one hundred and eighty
(180) days during the period of one (1) year beginning with the date of the
determination. In such event:

          (a)  The Company shall pay and deliver to the Executive (or in the
     event of his death before payment, to his estate and surviving dependents
     and beneficiaries, as applicable) the Standard Termination
     Entitlements.

          (b)  In addition to the Standard Termination Entitlements, the Company
     shall continue to pay the Executive his base salary, at the annual rate in
     effect for him immediately prior to the termination of his employment,
     during a period ending on the earliest of: (i) the expiration of one
     hundred and eighty (180) days after the date of termination of his
     employment; (ii) the date on which long-term disability insurance benefits
     are first payable to him under any long-term disability insurance plan
     covering employees of the Company (the "LTD Eligibility Date"); (iii) the
     date of his death; and (iv) the expiration of the Remaining Unexpired
     Employment Period (the "Initial Continuation Period"). If the end of the
     Initial Continuation Period is neither the LTD Eligibility Date nor the
     date of his death, the Company shall continue to pay the Executive his base
     salary, at an annual rate equal to sixty percent (60%) of the annual rate
     in effect for him immediately prior to the termination of his employment,
     during an additional period ending on the earliest of the LTD Eligibility
     Date, the date of his death and the expiration of the Remaining Unexpired
     Employment Period.

A termination of employment due to disability under this section 10 shall be
effected by joint notice of termination given to the Executive by the Company
and shall take effect on the later of the effective date of termination
specified in such notice or the date on which the notice of termination is
deemed given to the Executive.

     Section 11.    Discharge with Cause.
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          (a)       The Company may terminate the Executive's employment during
     the Employment Period, and such termination shall be deemed to have
     occurred with "Cause", only if:

          (i)       The Board of Directors of the Company, by majority vote of
     their entire membership, determine that the

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     Executive should be discharged because of personal dishonesty,
     incompetence, willful misconduct, breach of fiduciary duty involving
     personal profit, intentional failure to perform stated duties,
     willful violation of any law, rule or regulation (other than traffic
     violations or similar offenses) or final cease and desist order, or
     any material breach of this Agreement; and

          (ii)      at least forty-five (45) days prior to the votes
     contemplated by section 11(a)(i), the Company has provided the Executive
     with notice of its intent to discharge the Executive for Cause, detailing
     with particularity the facts and circumstances which are alleged to
     constitute Cause (the "Notice of Intent to Discharge"); and

          (iii)     after the giving of the Notice of Intent to Discharge and
     before the taking of the votes contemplated by section 11(a)(i), the
     Executive (together with his legal counsel, if he so desires) is afforded a
     reasonable opportunity to make both written and oral presentations before
     the Board of Directors of the Company for the purpose of refuting the
     alleged grounds for Cause for his discharge; and

          (iv)      after the votes contemplated by section 11(a)(i), the
     Company has furnished to the Executive a notice of termination which shall
     specify the effective date of his termination of employment (which shall in
     no event be earlier than the date on which such notice is deemed given) and
     include a copy of a resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of
     Directors of the Company, certified by its corporate secretary and signed
     by each member of the Board of Directors voting in favor of adoption of the
     resolution(s), authorizing the termination of the Executive's employment
     with Cause and stating with particularity the facts and circumstances found
     to constitute Cause for his discharge (the "Final Discharge Notice").

          (b)       If the Executive is discharged during the Employment Period
with Cause, the Company shall pay and provide to him (or, in the event of his
death, to his estate, his surviving beneficiaries and his dependents) the
Standard Termination Entitlements only. Following the giving of a Notice of
Intent to Discharge, the Company may temporarily suspend the Executive's duties
and authority and, in such event, may also suspend the payment of salary and
other cash compensation, but not the Executive's participation in retirement,
insurance and other employee benefit plans. If the Executive is not discharged,
or is discharged without Cause, within forty-five (45) days after the giving of
a Notice of Intent to Discharge, payments of salary and cash compensation shall
resume, and all payments withheld during the period of suspension shall be

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promptly restored. If the Executive is discharged with Cause not later than
forty-five (45) days after the giving of the Notice of Intent to Discharge, all
payments withheld during the period of suspension shall be deemed forfeited and
shall not be included in the Standard Termination Entitlements. If a Final
Discharge Notice is given later than forty-five (45) days, but sooner than
ninety (90) days, after the giving of the Notice of Intent to Discharge, all
payments made to the Executive during the period beginning with the giving of
the Notice of Intent to Discharge and ending with the Executive's discharge with
Cause shall be retained by the Executive and shall not be applied to offset the
Standard Termination Entitlements. If the Company does not give a Final
Discharge Notice to the Executive within ninety (90) days after giving a Notice
of Intent to Discharge, the Notice of Intent to Discharge shall be deemed
withdrawn and any future action to discharge the Executive with Cause shall
require the giving of a new Notice of Intent to Discharge.

          Section 12.    Discharge without Cause.
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          The Bank and the Company may discharge the Executive at any time
during the Employment Period and, unless such discharge constitutes a discharge
with Cause:

          (a)  The Company shall pay and deliver to the Executive (or in the
     event of his death before payment, to his estate and surviving dependents
     and beneficiaries, as applicable) the Standard Termination
     Entitlements.

          (b)  In addition to the Standard Termination Entitlements:

               (i)    During the Remaining Unexpired Employment Period, the
          Company shall provide for the Executive and his dependents continued
          group life, health (including hospitalization, medical and major
          medical), dental, accident and long-term disability insurance benefits
          on substantially the same terms and conditions (including any required
          premium-sharing arrangements, co-payments and deductibles) in effect
          for them immediately prior to the Executive's termination. The
          coverage provided under this section 12(b)(i) may, at the election of
          the Company, be secondary to the coverage provided as part of the
          Standard Termination Entitlements and to any employer-paid coverage
          provided by a subsequent employer or through Medicare, with the result
          that benefits under the other coverages will offset the coverage
          required by this section 12(b)(i).

               (ii)   The Company shall make a lump sum payment to the Executive
          (or, in the event of his death before payment, to his estate), in an
          amount equal to the estimated present value of the salary that
          Executive would have earned if he had continued working for the
          Company during the Remaining Unexpired Employment Period at the
          highest annual rate of salary achieved during that portion of the
          Employment Period which is prior to Executive's termination of
          employment with the Company, where such present value is to be
          determined using a discount rate equal to the applicable short-term
          federal rate prescribed under section 1274(d) of the Internal Revenue
          Code of 1986 ("Code"), compounded using the compounding period

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          corresponding to the Company's regular payroll periods for its
          officers. Such lump sum shall be paid in lieu of all other
          payments of salary provided for under this Agreement in
          respect of the period following any such termination.

               (iii)  The Company shall make a lump sum payment to the Executive
          (or, in the event of his death before payment, to his estate), in an
          amount equal to the payments that would have been made to Executive
          under any cash bonus or long-term or short-term cash incentive
          compensation plan maintained by, or covering employees of, the Company
          if he had continued working for the Company during the Remaining
          Unexpired Employment Period and had earned the maximum bonus or
          incentive award in each calendar year that ends during the Remaining
          Unexpired Employment Period, such payments to be equal to the product
          of:

                      (A)  the maximum percentage rate at which an
          award was ever available to Executive under such incentive
          compensation plan; multiplied by

                      (B)  the salary that would have been paid to
          Executive during each such calendar year at the highest
          annual rate of salary achieved during that portion of the
          Employment Period which is prior to Executive's termination
          of employment with the Company.

     Such payment shall be made (without discounting for early
     payment) within thirty (30) days following the Executive's
     termination of employment.

The payments and benefits described in section 12(b) are referred to in this
Agreement as the "Additional Termination Entitlements".

          Section 13.    Resignation.
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          (a)  The Executive may resign from his employment with the Company at
any time. A resignation under this section 13 shall be effected by notice of
resignation given by the Executive to the Company and shall take effect on the
later of the effective date of termination specified in such notice or the date
on which the notice of termination is deemed given by the Executive. The
Executive's resignation of any of the positions within the Bank or the Company
to which he has been assigned shall be deemed a resignation from all such
positions.

          (b)  The Executive's resignation shall be deemed to be for "Good
Reason" if the effective date of resignation occurs within ninety (90) days
after any of the following:

          (i)  the failure of the Company (whether by act or omission of its
     Board of Directors, or otherwise) to appoint or re-appoint or elect or re-
     elect the Executive to the position(s) with the Company specified in
     section 3 of this Agreement or to a more senior office;

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          (ii)   if the Executive is or becomes a member of the Board
     of Directors of the Company or the Bank, the failure of their
     respective shareholders (whether in an election in which the
     Executive stands as a nominee or in an election where the
     Executive is not a nominee) to elect or re-elect the Executive to
     membership at the expiration of his term of membership, unless
     such failure is a result of the Executive's refusal to stand for
     election;

          (iii)  a material failure by the Company, whether by amendment of its
     certificate of incorporation or organization, by-laws, action of its Board
     of Directors or otherwise, to vest in the Executive the functions, duties,
     or responsibilities prescribed in section 3 of this Agreement; provided
     that the Executive shall have given notice of such failure to the Company,
     and the Company has not fully cured such failure within thirty (30) days
     after such notice is deemed given;

          (iv)   any reduction of the Executive's rate of base salary
     in effect from time to time, whether or not material, or any
     failure (other than due to reasonable administrative error that
     is cured promptly upon notice) to pay any portion of the
     Executive's compensation as and when due;

          (v)    any change in the terms and conditions of any compensation or
     benefit program in which the Executive participates which, either
     individually or together with other changes, has a material adverse effect
     on the aggregate value of his total compensation package; provided that the
     Executive shall have given notice of such material adverse effect to the
     Company, and the Company has not fully cured such failure within thirty
     (30) days after such notice is deemed given;

          (vi)   any material breach by the Company of any material term,
     condition or covenant contained in this Agreement; provided that the
     Executive shall have given notice of such material adverse effect to the
     Company, and the Company has not fully cured such failure within thirty
     (30) days after such notice is deemed given; or

          (vii)  a change in the Executive's principal place of employment to a
     place that is not the principal executive office of the Company, or a
     relocation of the Company's principal executive office to a location that
     is both more than thirty-five (35) miles away from the Executive's
     principal residence and more than twenty-five (25) miles away from the
     location of the Company's principal executive office on the date of this
     Agreement.

In all other cases, a resignation by the Executive shall be deemed to be without
Good Reason.

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          (c)    In the event of the Executive's resignation before the
expiration of the Employment Period, the Company shall pay and deliver the
Standard Termination Entitlements. In addition, if the Executive's resignation
is deemed to be a resignation with Good Reason, the Company shall also pay and
deliver the Additional Termination Entitlements.

          Section 14.  Terms and Conditions of the Additional Termination
                       Entitlements.
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          The Company and the Executive hereby stipulate that the damages which
may be incurred by the Executive following any termination of employment are not
capable of accurate measurement as of the date first above written and that the
Additional Termination Entitlements constitute reasonable damages under the
circumstances and shall be payable without any requirement of proof of actual
damage and without regard to the Executive's efforts, if any, to mitigate
damages. The Company and the Executive further agree that the Company may
condition the payment and delivery of the Additional Termination Entitlements on
the receipt of the Executive's resignation from any and all positions which he
holds as an officer, director or committee member with respect to the Company,
the Bank or any subsidiary or affiliate of either of them.

          Section 15.  Termination Upon or Following a Change of Control.
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          (a)    A "Change of Control" shall be deemed to have occurred upon the
happening of any of the following events:

          (i)    the consummation of a reorganization, merger or
     consolidation of the Company with one or more other persons,
     other than a transaction following which:

                 (A)  at least 51% of the equity ownership interests
          of the entity resulting from such transaction are
          beneficially owned (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3
          promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
          amended ("Exchange Act")) in substantially the same relative
          proportions by persons who, immediately prior to such
          transaction, beneficially owned (within the meaning of Rule
          13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) at least 51% of
          the outstanding equity ownership interests in the Company;
          and

                 (B)  at least 51% of the securities entitled to vote
          generally in the election of directors of the entity
          resulting from such transaction are beneficially owned
          (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the
          Exchange Act) in substantially the same relative proportions
          by persons who, immediately prior to such transaction,
          beneficially owned (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3
          promulgated under the Exchange Act) at least 51% of the
          securities entitled to vote generally in the election of
          directors of the Company;

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          (ii)   the acquisition of all or substantially all of the
     assets of the Company or beneficial ownership (within the meaning
     of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 25% or more
     of the outstanding securities of the Company entitled to vote
     generally in the election of directors by any person or by any
     persons acting in concert;

          (iii)  a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company;

          (iv)   the occurrence of any event if, immediately following
     such event, at least 50% of the members of the Board of Directors
     of the Company do not belong to any of the following groups:

                 (A)   individuals who were members of the Board of
          Directors of the Company on the date of this Agreement; or

                 (B)   individuals who first became members of the
          Board of Directors of the Company after the date of this
          Agreement either:

                       (1)  upon election to serve as a member of the
                 Board of Directors of the Company by affirmative vote
                 of three-quarters of the members of such board, or of
                 a nominating committee thereof, in office at the time
                 of such first election; or

                       (2)  upon election by the shareholders of the
                 Board of Directors of the Company to serve as a
                 member of such board, but only if nominated for
                 election by affirmative vote of three-quarters of the
                 members of the Board of Directors of the Company, or
                 of a nominating committee thereof, in office at the
                 time of such first nomination;

          provided, however, that such individual's election or nomination did
          not result from an actual or threatened election contest (within the
          meaning of Rule 14a-11 of Regulation 14A promulgated under the
          Exchange Act) or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or
          consents (within the meaning of Rule 14a-11 of Regulation 14A
          promulgated under the Exchange Act) other than by or on behalf of the
          Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, that this
          section 15(a)(iv) shall only apply if the Company is not majority
          owned by First Charter MHC; or

          (v)    any event which would be described in section
     15(a)(i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) if the term "Bank" were substituted
     for the term "Company" therein.

In no event, however, shall a Change of Control be deemed to have occurred as a
result of (i) any acquisition of securities or assets of the Company, the Bank,
or a subsidiary of either of them, by the Company, the Bank, or any subsidiary
of either of them, or by any employee benefit plan maintained by any of them or
(ii) the conversion of First Charter, MHC to a stock form company and the
issuance of additional shares of the Company in connection therewith.  For
purposes of this section 15(a), the

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term "person" shall have the meaning assigned to it under sections 13(d)(3) or
14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act.

          (b)    For purposes of this Agreement, a "Pending Change of Control"
shall mean: (i)  the signing of a definitive agreement for a transaction which,
if consummated, would result in a Change of Control; (ii) the commencement of a
tender offer which, if successful, would result in a Change of Control; or (iii)
the circulation of a proxy statement seeking proxies in opposition to management
in an election contest which, if successful, would result in a Change of
Control.

          (c)    Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, for
purposes of computing the Additional Termination Entitlements due upon a
termination of employment that occurs, or is deemed to have occurred, after a
Change of Control, the Remaining Unexpired Employment Period shall be deemed to
be three (3) full years.

          Section 16.    Covenant Not To Compete.
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          The Executive hereby covenants and agrees that, in the event of his
termination of employment with the Company prior to the expiration of the
Employment Period, for a period of one year following the date of his
termination of employment with the Company, he shall not, without the written
consent of the Company, become an officer, employee, consultant, director or
trustee of any savings bank, savings and loan association, savings and loan
holding company, bank or bank holding company, any other entity engaged in the
business of accepting deposits or making loans or any direct or indirect
subsidiary or affiliate of any such entity, that entails working within the
State of Georgia or any city or county in any other state in which the Company
or the Bank maintains

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an office; provided, however, that this section 16 shall not apply if the
Executive is entitled to the Additional Termination Entitlements.

          Section 17.    Confidentiality.
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          Unless he obtains the prior written consent of the Company, the
Executive shall keep confidential and shall refrain from using for the benefit
of himself, or any person or entity other than the Company or any entity which
is a subsidiary of the Company or of which the Company is a subsidiary, any
material document or information obtained from the Company, or from its parent
or subsidiaries, in the course of his employment with any of them concerning
their properties, operations or business (unless such document or information is
readily ascertainable from public or published information or trade sources or
has otherwise been made available to the public through no fault of his own)
until the same ceases to be material (or becomes so ascertainable or available);
provided, however, that nothing in this section 17 shall prevent the Executive,
with or without the Company's consent, from participating in or disclosing
documents or information in connection with any judicial or administrative
investigation, inquiry or proceeding to the extent that such participation or
disclosure is required under applicable law.

          Section 18.    Solicitation.
                         ------------

          The Executive hereby covenants and agrees that, for a period of one
year following his termination of employment with the Company or the Bank, he
shall not, without the written consent of the Company, either directly or
indirectly:

          (a)    solicit, offer employment to, or take any other
     action intended, or that a reasonable person acting in like
     circumstances would expect, to have the effect of causing any
     officer or employee of the Company, the Bank or any of their
     respective subsidiaries or affiliates to terminate his or her
     employment and accept employment or become affiliated with, or
     provide services for compensation in any capacity whatsoever to,
     any savings bank, savings and loan association, bank, bank
     holding company, savings and loan holding company, or other
     institution engaged in the business of accepting deposits, making
     loans or doing business within the counties specified in section
     16;

          (b)    provide any information, advice or recommendation
     with respect to any such officer or employee of any savings bank,
     savings and loan association, bank, bank holding company, savings
     and loan holding company, or other institution engaged in the
     business of accepting deposits, making loans or doing business
     within the counties specified in section 16; that is intended, or
     that a reasonable person acting in like circumstances would
     expect, to have the effect of causing any officer or employee of
     the Company, the Bank, or any of their respective subsidiaries or
     affiliates to terminate his employment and accept employment or
     become affiliated with, or provide services for compensation in
     any capacity whatsoever to, any savings bank, savings and loan
     association, bank, bank holding company, savings and loan holding
     company, or other institution engaged in the business of
     accepting deposits, making loans or doing business within the
     counties specified in section 16;

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          (c)    solicit, provide any information, advice or recommendation or
     take any other action intended, or that a reasonable person acting in like
     circumstances would expect, to have the effect of causing any customer of
     the Company or the Bank to terminate an existing business or commercial
     relationship with the Company or the Bank.

          Section 19.    No Effect on Employee Benefit Plans or Programs.
                         -----------------------------------------------

          The termination of the Executive's employment during the term of this
Agreement or thereafter, whether by the Company or by the Executive, shall have
no effect on the rights and obligations of the parties hereto under the
Company's or the Bank's qualified or non-qualified retirement, pension, savings,
thrift, profit-sharing or stock bonus plans, group life, health (including
hospitalization, medical and major medical), dental, accident and long term
disability insurance plans or such other employee benefit plans or programs, or
compensation plans or programs, as may be maintained by, or cover employees of,
the Company or the Bank from time to time; provided, however, that nothing in
this Agreement shall be deemed to duplicate any compensation or benefits
provided under any agreement, plan or program covering the Executive to which
the Company is a party and any duplicative amount payable under any such
agreement, plan or program shall be applied as an offset to reduce the amounts
otherwise payable hereunder.

          Section 20.    Successors and Assigns.
                         ----------------------

          This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
Executive, his legal representatives and testate or intestate distributees, and
the Company and their respective successors and assigns, including any successor
by merger or consolidation or a statutory receiver or any other person or firm
or corporation to which all or substantially all of the assets and business of
the Company may be sold or otherwise transferred. Failure of the Company to
obtain from any successor its express written assumption of the Company's
obligations hereunder at least sixty (60) days in advance of the scheduled
effective date of any such succession shall be deemed a material breach of this
Agreement.

          Section 21.    Notices.
                         -------

          Any communication required or permitted to be given under this
Agreement, including any notice, direction, designation, consent, instruction,
objection or waiver, shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given
at such time as it is delivered personally, or five (5) days after mailing if
mailed, postage prepaid, by registered or certified mail, return receipt
requested, addressed to such party at the address listed below or at such other
address as one such party may by written notice specify to the other party:

          If to the Executive:

               Robert L. Johnson
               3345 Barnes Mill Road
               Hamilton, GA 31833

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          If to the Company:

               Charter Financial Corp.
               600 Third Avenue
               West Point, GA 31833

               Attention: Chairman, Personnel & Compensation Committee
                          of the Board of Directors

          Section 22.    Waiver.
                         ------

          Failure to insist upon strict compliance with any of the terms,
covenants or conditions hereof shall not be deemed a waiver of such term,
covenant, or condition.  A waiver of any provision of this Agreement must be
made in writing, designated as a waiver, and signed by the party against whom
its enforcement is sought.  Any waiver or relinquishment of any right or power
hereunder at any one or more times shall not be deemed a waiver or
relinquishment of such right or power at any other time or times.

          Section 23.    Counterparts.
                         ------------

          This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original, and all of which shall constitute one and the
same Agreement.

          Section 24.    Governing Law.
                         -------------

          This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in
accordance with the federal laws of the United States and, to the extent that
federal law is inapplicable, accordance with the laws of Georgia applicable to
contracts entered into and to be performed entirely within the State of Georgia.

          Section 25.    Headings and Construction.
                         -------------------------

          The headings of sections in this Agreement are for convenience of
reference only and are not intended to qualify the meaning of any section.  Any
reference to a section number shall refer to a section of this Agreement, unless
otherwise stated.

          Section 26.    Entire Agreement; Modifications.
                         -------------------------------

          This instrument contains the entire agreement of the parties relating
to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes in its entirety any and all prior
agreements, understandings or representations relating to the subject matter
hereof.  No modifications of this Agreement shall be valid unless made in
writing and signed by the parties hereto.

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          Section 27.    Non-duplication.
                         ---------------

          In the event that the Executive shall perform services for the Bank or
any other direct or indirect subsidiary or affiliate of the Company or the Bank,
any compensation or benefits provided to the Executive by such other employer
shall be applied to offset the obligations of the Company hereunder, it being
intended that this Agreement set forth the aggregate compensation and benefits
payable to the Executive for all services to the Company, the Bank and all of
their respective direct or indirect subsidiaries and affiliates.

          Section 28.    Survival
                         --------

          The provisions of sections 6, 16, 17, 18 and 19 shall survive the
expiration of the Employment Period or termination of the Agreement.

          Section 29.    Indemnification for Attorneys' Fees.
                         ------------------------------------

          The Company shall indemnify, hold harmless and defend Executive
against reasonable costs, including legal fees, incurred by him in connection
with or arising out of any action, suit or proceeding in which he may be
involved, as a result of his efforts, in good faith, to defend or enforce the
terms of this Agreement; provided, however, that Executive shall have
substantially prevailed on the merits pursuant to a judgment, decree or order of
a court of competent jurisdiction or of an arbitrator in an arbitration
proceeding. The determination whether the Executive shall have substantially
prevailed on the merits and is therefore entitled to such indemnification, shall
be made by the court or arbitrator, as applicable. In the event of a settlement
pursuant to a settlement agreement, any indemnification payment under this
section 29 shall be made only after a determination by the members of the Board
(other than the Executive and any other member of the Board to which the
Executive is related by blood or marriage) that the Executive has acted in good
faith and that such indemnification payment is in the best interests of the
Company.

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          Section 30.    Required Regulatory Provisions.
                         ------------------------------

          The following provisions are included for the purposes of complying
with various laws, rules and regulations applicable to the Company:

          (a)   Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the Company, in no
event shall the aggregate amount of compensation payable to the Executive under
section 12(b) hereof exceed the three times the Executive's average annual
compensation (within the meaning of OTS Regulatory Bulletin 27a or any successor
thereto) for the last five consecutive calendar years to end prior to his
termination of employment with the Company (or for his entire period of
employment with the Company if less than five calendar years). The compensation
payable to the Executive hereunder shall be further reduced (but not below zero)
if such reduction would avoid the assessment of excise taxes on excess parachute
payments (within the meaning of section 280G of the Code).

          (b)   Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, any
payments to the Executive by the Company, whether pursuant to this Agreement or
otherwise, are subject to and conditioned upon their compliance with section
18(k) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act ("FDI Act"), 12 U.S.C. (S)1828(k),
and any regulations promulgated thereunder.

          (c)   Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, if
the Executive is suspended from office and/or temporarily prohibited from
participating in the conduct of the affairs of the Company pursuant to a notice
served under section 8(e)(3) or 8(g)(1) of the FDI Act, 12 U.S.C. (S)1818(e)(3)
or 1818(g)(1), the Company's obligations under this Agreement shall be suspended
as of the date of service of such notice, unless stayed by appropriate
proceedings. If the charges in such notice are dismissed, the Company, in its
discretion, may (i) pay to the Executive all or part of the compensation
withheld while the Company's obligations hereunder were suspended and (ii)
reinstate, in whole or in part, any of the obligations which were suspended.

          (d)   Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, if
the Executive is removed and/or permanently prohibited from participating in the
conduct of the Company's affairs by an order issued under section 8(e)(4) or
8(g)(1) of the FDI Act, 12 U.S.C. (S)1818(e)(4) or (g)(1), all prospective
obligations of the Company under this Agreement shall terminate as of the
effective date of the order, but vested rights and obligations of the Company
and the Executive shall not be affected.

          (e)   Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, if
the Company is in default (within the meaning of section 3(x)(1) of the FDI Act,
12 U.S.C. (S)1813(x)(1), all prospective obligations of the Company under this
Agreement shall terminate as of the date of default, but vested rights and
obligations of the Company and the Executive shall not be affected.

          (f)   Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, all
prospective obligations of the Company hereunder shall be terminated, except to
the extent that a continuation of this Agreement is necessary for the continued
operation of the Company: (i) by the Director of the OTS or his designee or the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC"), at the time the FDIC enters into
an agreement to provide assistance to or on behalf of the Company under the
authority contained in section 13(c) of the FDI Act, 12 U.S.C. (S)1823(c); (ii)
by the Director of the OTS or his designee at the time such Director or designee
approves a supervisory merger to resolve problems related to the

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operation of the Company or when the Company is determined by such Director to
be in an unsafe or unsound condition. The vested rights and obligations of the
parties shall not be affected.

If and to the extent that any of the foregoing provisions shall cease to be
required or by applicable law, rule or regulation, the same shall become
inoperative as though eliminated by formal amendment of this Agreement.

          Section 31.    Guarantee; Non-Duplication.
                         --------------------------

          The Company hereby agrees to guarantee the payment by the Bank of any
benefits and compensation to which the Executive is or may be entitled to under
the terms and conditions of the employment agreement of even date herewith
between the Bank and the Executive. In the event that the Executive shall
perform services for the Bank or any other direct or indirect subsidiary of the
Company, any compensation or benefits provided to the Executive by such other
employer shall be applied to offset the obligations of the Company hereunder, it
being intended that this Agreement set forth the aggregate compensation and
benefits payable to the Executive for all services to the Company and all of its
direct or indirect subsidiaries.

          Section 32.    Effective Date.
                         --------------

          This Agreement shall become effective (the "Effective Date") upon the
later of the following two dates: (a) the effective date of the Bank's
conversion from a federally chartered mutual savings bank to a stock form
savings bank pursuant to the Reorganization or (b) the date the OTS advises the
Bank in writing that it either approves or has no objection to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement. The Company and the Executive each hereby
acknowledge and agree that the terms of this Agreement shall have no force or
effect prior to such Effective Date.

          In Witness Whereof, the Company has caused this Agreement to be
executed and the Executive has hereunto set his hand, all as of the day and year
first above written.

                                          __________________________________
                                          Robert L. Johnson

                                          Charter Financial Corp.

Attest:

By____________________________            By________________________________
  Name:                                     Name:
  Title:                                    Title:

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.4

                     One-Year Change of Control Agreement

          This Change of Control Agreement (the "Agreement") is made and entered
into as of [______________], 2001 by and among CharterBank, a federally-
chartered savings bank having an office at 600 Third Avenue, West Point, GA
31833 (the "Bank"), Charter Financial Corp., a federally-chartered corporation
having an office at 600 Third Avenue, West Point, GA 31833 (the "Company")
and[__________________________] (the "Officer").

                            Introductory Statement

          The Bank has reorganized from a federally-chartered mutual savings
bank to a federally-chartered stock savings bank and has become a wholly-owned
subsidiary of the Company, a mid-tier stock holding company, which is majority
owned by First Charter MHC, a mutual holding company (the "Reorganization").  In
connection with the Reorganization, certain shares of the Company's common stock
were sold in an initial public stock offering.  The Officer has served the Bank
in an executive capacity for many years and is familiar with the Bank's
operations.

          The Board of Directors of the Bank has concluded that it is in the
best interests of the Bank, the Company and their prospective shareholders to
establish a working environment for the Officer which minimizes the personal
distractions that might result from possible business combinations in which the
Company or the Bank might be involved following the Reorganization. To this end,
the Bank has decided to provide the Officer with assurance that his compensation
will be continued for a minimum period of one (1) year following termination of
employment (the "Assurance Period") if his employment terminates under specified
circumstances related to a business combination. The Board of Directors of the
Bank has decided to formalize this assurance by entering into this Change of
Control Agreement with the Officer. The Board of Directors of the Company has
authorized the Company to guarantee the Bank's obligations under this
Agreement.

          The terms and conditions which the Bank, the Company and the Officer
have agreed to are as follows.

                                   Agreement

          Section 1.  Effective Date; Term; Change of Control and Pending Change
                      of Control Defined.
                      ----------------------------------------------------------

          (a) This Agreement shall take effect on the effective date of the
Reorganization (the "Effective Date") and shall be in effect during the period
(the "Term") beginning on the Effective Date of the Reorganization and ending on
the first anniversary of the date on which the Bank notifies the Executive of
its intent to discontinue the Agreement (the "Initial Expiration Date") or, if
later, the first anniversary of the latest Change of Control or Pending Change
of Control, as defined below, that occurs after the Effective Date and before
the Initial Expiration Date.
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          (b) For all purposes of this Agreement, a "Change of Control" shall be
deemed to have occurred upon the happening of any of the following events:

          (i) the consummation of a reorganization, merger or consolidation of
     the Company with one or more other persons, other than a transaction
     following which:

              (A) at least 51% of the equity ownership interests of the entity
          resulting from such transaction are beneficially owned (within the
          meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of
          1934, as amended ("Exchange Act")) in substantially the same relative
          proportions by persons who, immediately prior to such transaction,
          beneficially owned (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under
          the Exchange Act) at least 51% of the outstanding equity ownership
          interests in the Company; and

              (B) at least 51% of the securities entitled to vote generally in
          the election of directors of the entity resulting from such
          transaction are beneficially owned (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3
          promulgated under the Exchange Act) in substantially the same relative
          proportions by persons who, immediately prior to such transaction,
          beneficially owned (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under
          the Exchange Act) at least 51% of the securities entitled to vote
          generally in the election of directors of the Company;

          (ii)  the acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets of the
     Company or beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3
     promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 25% or more of the outstanding
     securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of
     directors by any person or by any persons acting in concert;

         (iii)  a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company;

          (iv)  the occurrence of any event if, immediately following such
     event, at least 50% of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company
     do not belong to any of the following groups:

               (A)  individuals who were members of the Board of Directors of
          the Company on the date of this Agreement; or

               (B)  individuals who first became members of the Board of
          Directors of the Company after the date of this Agreement either:

                    (1) upon election to serve as a member of the Board of
               Directors of the Company by affirmative vote of three-quarters of
               the members of such board, or of a nominating committee thereof,
               in office at the time of such first election; or
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                    (2) upon election by the shareholders of the Board of
               Directors of the Company to serve as a member of such board, but
               only if nominated for election by affirmative vote of three-
               quarters of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company,
               or of a nominating committee thereof, in office at the time of
               such first nomination;

          provided, however, that such individual's election or nomination did
          not result from an actual or threatened election contest (within the
          meaning of Rule 14a-11 of Regulation 14A promulgated under the
          Exchange Act) or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or
          consents (within the meaning of Rule 14a-11 of Regulation 14A
          promulgated under the Exchange Act) other than by or on behalf of the
          Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, that this
          section 1(b)(iv) shall only apply if the Company is not majority
          owned by First Charter, MHC; or

          (v) any event which would be described in section 1(b)(i), (ii), (iii)
     or (iv) if the term "Bank" were substituted for the term "Company" therein.

In no event, however, shall a Change of Control be deemed to have occurred as a
result of (i) any acquisition of securities or assets of the Company, the Bank,
or a subsidiary of either of them, by the Company, the Bank, or any subsidiary
of either of them, or by any employee benefit plan maintained by any of them or
(ii) the conversion of First Charter, MHC to a stock form company and the
issuance of additional shares of the Company in connection therewith.  For
purposes of this section 1(b), the term "person" shall have the meaning assigned
to it under sections 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act.

          (c) For purposes of this Agreement, a "Pending Change of Control"
shall mean: (i)  the signing of a definitive agreement for a transaction which,
if consummated, would result in a Change of Control; (ii) the commencement of a
tender offer which, if successful, would result in a Change of Control; or (iii)
the circulation of a proxy statement seeking proxies in opposition to management
in an election contest which, if successful, would result in a Change of
Control; provided, however, that the change in control contemplated does, in
fact, occur.

          Section 2.  Discharge Prior to a Pending Change of Control.
                      ----------------------------------------------

          The Bank may discharge the Officer at any time prior to the occurrence
of a Pending Change of Control for any reason or for no reason.  In such event:

          (a) The Bank shall pay to the Officer (or, in the event of his death,
his estate) his earned but unpaid compensation (including, without limitation,
salary and all other items which constitute wages under applicable law) as of
the date of his termination of employment.  This payment shall be made at the
time and in the manner prescribed by law applicable to the payment of wages but
in no event later than 30 days after the date of the Officer's termination of
employment.

          (b) The Bank shall provide the benefits, if any, due to the Officer
(or, in the event of his death, his estate, surviving dependents or his
designated beneficiaries) under the employee benefit plans and programs and
compensation plans and programs maintained for the benefit of the
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officers and employees of the Bank. The time and manner of payment or other
delivery of these benefits and the recipients of such benefits shall be
determined according to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and
programs.

The payments and benefits described in sections 2(a) and (b) shall be referred
to in this Agreement as the "Standard Termination Entitlements."

          Section 3.  Termination of Employment Due to Death.
                      --------------------------------------

          The Officer's employment with the Bank shall terminate, automatically
and without any further action on the part of any party to this Agreement, on
the date of the Officer's death.  In such event, the Bank shall pay and deliver
to his estate and surviving dependents and beneficiaries, as applicable, the
Standard Termination Entitlements.

          Section 4.  Termination Due to Disability after Change of Control or
                      Pending Change of Control.
                      --------------------------------------------------------

          The Bank may terminate the Officer's employment during the Term and
after the occurrence of a Change of Control or a Pending Change of Control upon
a determination, by a majority vote of the members of the Board of Directors of
the Bank, acting in reliance on the written advice of a medical professional
acceptable to it, that the Officer is suffering from a physical or mental
impairment which, at the date of the determination, has prevented the Officer
from performing his assigned duties on a substantially full-time basis for a
period of at least one hundred and eighty (180) days during the period of one
(1) year ending with the date of the determination or is likely to result in
death or prevent the Officer from performing his assigned duties on a
substantially full-time basis for a period of at least one hundred and eighty
(180) days during the period of one (1) year beginning with the date of the
determination.  In such event:

          (a) The Bank shall pay and deliver to the Officer (or in the event of
his death before payment, to his estate and surviving dependents and
beneficiaries, as applicable) the Standard Termination Entitlements.

          (b) In addition to the Standard Termination Entitlements, the Bank
shall continue to pay the Officer his base salary, at the annual rate in effect
for him immediately prior to the termination of his employment, during a period
ending on the earliest of: (i) the expiration of one hundred and eighty (180)
days after the date of termination of his employment; (ii) the date on which
long-term disability insurance benefits are first payable to him under any long-
term disability insurance plan covering employees of the Bank (the "LTD
Eligibility Date"); (iii) the date of his death; and (iv) the expiration of the
Assurance Period (the "Initial Continuation Period").  If the end of the Initial
Continuation Period is neither the LTD Eligibility Date nor the date of his
death, the Bank shall continue to pay the Officer his base salary, at an annual
rate equal to sixty percent (60%) of the annual rate in effect for him
immediately prior to the termination of his employment, during an additional
period ending on the earliest of the LTD Eligibility Date, the date of his death
and the expiration of the Assurance Period.
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A termination of employment due to disability under this section 4 shall be
effected by a notice of termination given to the Officer by the Bank and shall
take effect on the later of the effective date of termination specified in such
notice or the date on which the notice of termination is deemed given to the
Officer.

          Section 5.   Discharge with Cause after Change of Control or Pending
                       Change of Control.
                       -------------------------------------------------------

          (a) The Bank may terminate the Officer's employment with "Cause"
during the Term and after the occurrence of a Change of Control or Pending
Change of Control, but a termination shall be deemed to have occurred with
"Cause" only if:

                (i)    the Board of Directors of the Bank and the Board of
          Directors of the Company, by separate majority votes of their entire
          membership, determine that the Executive should be discharged because
          of personal dishonesty, incompetence, willful misconduct, breach of
          fiduciary duty involving personal profit, intentional failure to
          perform stated duties, willful violation of any law, rule or
          regulation (other than traffic violations or similar offenses) or
          final cease and desist order, or any material breach of this
          Agreement; and

               (ii)    at least forty-five (45) days prior to the vote
          contemplated by section 1(b)(i), the Bank has provided the Officer
          with notice of its intent to discharge the Officer for Cause,
          detailing with particularity the facts and circumstances which are
          alleged to constitute Cause (the "Notice of Intent to Discharge"); and

              (iii)    after the giving of the Notice of Intent to Discharge and
          before the taking of the vote contemplated by section 5(a)(i), the
          Officer (together with his legal counsel, if he so desires) is
          afforded a reasonable opportunity to make both written and oral
          presentations before the Board of Directors of the Bank for the
          purpose of refuting the alleged grounds for Cause for his discharge;
          and

               (iv)    after the vote contemplated by section 5(a)(i), the Bank
          has furnished to the Officer a notice of termination which shall
          specify the effective date of his termination of employment (which
          shall in no event be earlier than the date on which such notice is
          deemed given) and include a copy of a resolution or resolutions
          adopted by the Board of Directors of the Bank, certified by its
          corporate secretary and signed by each member of the Board of
          Directors voting in favor of adoption of the resolution(s),
          authorizing the termination of the Officer's employment with Cause and
          stating with particularity the facts and circumstances found to
          constitute Cause for his discharge (the "Final Discharge Notice").
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          (b)  If the Officer is discharged with Cause during the Term and after
a Change of Control or Pending Change of Control, the Bank shall pay and provide
to him (or, in the event of his death, to his estate, his surviving
beneficiaries and his dependents) the Standard Termination Entitlements only.
Following the giving of a Notice of Intent to Discharge, the Bank may
temporarily suspend the Officer's duties and authority and, in such event, may
also suspend the payment of salary and other cash compensation, but not the
Officer's participation in retirement, insurance and other employee benefit
plans.  If the Officer is not discharged, or is discharged without Cause, within
forty-five (45) days after the giving of a Notice of Intent to Discharge,
payments of salary and cash compensation shall resume, and all payments withheld
during the period of suspension shall be promptly restored.  If the Officer is
discharged with Cause not later than forty-five (45) days after the giving of
the Notice of Intent to Discharge, all payments withheld during the period of
suspension shall be deemed forfeited and shall not be included in the Standard
Termination Entitlements. If a Final Discharge Notice is given later than forty-
five (45) days, but sooner than ninety (90) days, after the giving of the Notice
of Intent to Discharge, all payments made to the Officer during the period
beginning with the giving of the Notice of Intent to Discharge and ending with
the Officer's discharge with Cause shall be retained by the Officer and shall
not be applied to offset the Standard Termination Entitlements.  If the Bank
does not give a Final Discharge Notice to the Officer within ninety (90) days
after giving a Notice of Intent to Discharge, the Notice of Intent to Discharge
shall be deemed withdrawn and any future action to discharge the Officer with
Cause shall require the giving of a new Notice of Intent to Discharge.

          Section 6.  Discharge without Cause.
                      -----------------------

          The Bank may discharge the Officer without Cause at any time after the
occurrence of a Change of Control or Pending Change of Control, and in such
event:

          (a)  The Bank shall pay and deliver to the Officer (or in the event of
his death before payment, to his estate and surviving dependents and
beneficiaries, as applicable) the Standard Termination Entitlements.

          (b)  In addition to the Standard Termination Entitlements:

               (i) During the Assurance Period, the Bank shall provide for the
          Officer and his dependents continued group life, health (including
          hospital  ization, medical and major medical), dental, accident and
          long-term disability insurance benefits on substantially the same
          terms and conditions (including any required premium-sharing
          arrangements, co-payments and deductibles) in effect for them
          immediately prior to the Officer's resignation.  The
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          coverage provided under this section 6(b)(i) may, at the election of
          the Bank, be secondary to the coverage provided as part of the
          Standard Termination Entitlements and to any employer-paid coverage
          provided by a subsequent employer or through Medicare, with the result
          that benefits under the other coverages will offset the coverage
          required by this section 6(b)(i).

               (ii)  The Bank shall make a lump sum payment to the Executive
          (or, in the event of his death before payment, to his estate), in an
          amount equal to the estimated present value of the salary that
          Executive would have earned if he had continued working for the Bank
          during the Assurance Period at the highest annual rate of salary
          achieved during that portion of the employment period which is prior
          to Executive's termination of employment with the Bank, where such
          present value is to be determined using a discount rate equal to the
          applicable short-term federal rate prescribed under section 1274(d) of
          the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 ("Code"), compounded using the
          compounding period corresponding to the Bank's regular payroll periods
          for its officers. Such lump sum shall be paid in lieu of all other
          payments of salary provided for under this Agreement in respect of the
          period following any such termination.

              (iii)  The Bank shall make a lump sum payment to the Executive
          (or, in the event of his death before payment, to his estate), in an
          amount equal to the payments that would have been made to Executive
          under any cash bonus or long-term or short-term cash incentive
          compensation plan maintained by, or covering employees of, the Bank if
          he had continued working for the Bank during the Assurance Period and
          had earned the maximum bonus or incentive award in each calendar year
          that ends during the Assurance Period, such payment to be equal to the
          product of:

               (iv)  the maximum percentage rate at which an award was ever
          available to Executive under such incentive compensation plan;
          multiplied by

                     (A) the salary that would have been paid to Executive
          during each such calendar year at the highest annual rate of salary
          achieved during that portion of the employment period which is prior
          to Executive's termination of employment with the Bank.

     Such payment shall be made (without discounting for early payment) within
     thirty (30) days following the Executive's termination of employment.

The payments and benefits described in section 6(b) are referred to in this
Agreement as the "Additional Change of Control Entitlements".
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          Section 7.     Resignation.
                         -----------

          (a)   The Officer may resign from his employment with the Bank at any
time.  A resignation under this section 7 shall be effected by notice of
resignation given by the Officer to the Bank and shall take effect on the later
of the effective date of termination specified in such notice or the date on
which the notice of termination is deemed given to the Officer.  The Officer's
resignation of any of the positions within the Bank or the Company to which he
has been assigned shall be deemed a resignation from all such positions.

          (b)   The Officer's resignation shall be deemed to be for "Good
Reason" if the effective date of resignation occurs during the Term, but on or
after the effective date of a Change of Control, and is on account of:

          (i)   the failure of the Bank (whether by act or omission of the Board
     of Directors, or otherwise) to appoint or re-appoint or elect or re-elect
     the Officer to the position with Bank that he held immediately prior to the
     Change of Control (the "Assigned Office") or to a more senior office;

          (ii)  a material failure by the Bank, whether by amendment of the
     certificate of incorporation or organization, by-laws, action of the Board
     of Directors of the Bank or otherwise, to vest in the Officer the
     functions, duties, or responsibilities customarily associated with the
     Assigned Office; provided that the Officer shall have given notice of such
     failure to the Bank, and the Bank has not fully cured such failure within
     thirty (30) days after such notice is deemed given;

          (iii) any reduction of the Officer's rate of base salary in effect
     from time to time, whether or not material, or any failure (other than due
     to reasonable administrative error that is cured promptly upon notice) to
     pay any portion of the Officer's compensation as and when due;

          (iv)  any change in the terms and conditions of any compensation or
     benefit program in which the Officer participates which, either
     individually or together with other changes, has a material adverse effect
     on the aggregate value of his total compensation package; provided that the
     Officer shall have given notice of such material adverse effect to the
     Bank, and the Bank has not fully cured such material adverse effect within
     thirty (30) days after such notice is deemed given;
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          (v)  any material breach by the Bank of any material term, condition
     or covenant contained in this Agreement; provided that the Officer shall
     have given notice of such material adverse effect to the Bank, and the Bank
     has not fully cured such material adverse effect within thirty (30) days
     after such notice is deemed given; or

          (vi) a change in the Officer's principal place of employment to a
     place that is not the principal executive office of the Bank, or a
     relocation of the Bank's principal executive office to a location that is
     both more than thirty-five (35) miles away from the Officer's principal
     residence and more than thirty-five (35) miles away from the location of
     the Bank's principal executive office on the day before the occurrence of
     the Change of Control.

In all other cases, a resignation by the Officer shall be deemed to be without
Good Reason. In the event of resignation, the Officer shall state in his notice
of resignation whether he considers his resignation to be a resignation with
Good Reason, and if he does, he shall state in such notice the grounds which
constitute Good Reason.  The Officer's determination of the existence of Good
Reason shall be conclusive in the absence of fraud, bad faith or manifest error.

          (c)   In the event of the Officer's resignation for any reason, the
Bank shall pay and deliver the Standard Termination Entitlements. In the event
of the Officer's resignation with Good Reason, the Bank shall also pay and
deliver the Additional Termination Entitlements.

          Section 8.  Terms and Conditions of the Additional Termination
                      Entitlements.
                      --------------------------------------------------

          The Bank and the Officer hereby stipulate that the damages which may
be incurred by the Officer following any termination of employment are not
capable of accurate measurement as of the date first above written and that the
Additional Termination Entitlements constitute reason  able damages under the
circumstances and shall be payable without any requirement of proof of actual
damage and without regard to the Officer's efforts, if any, to mitigate damages.
The Bank and the Officer further agree that the Bank may condition the payment
and delivery of the Additional Termination Entitlements on the receipt of:  (a)
the Officer's resignation from any and all positions which he holds as an
officer, director or committee member with respect to the Bank or the Company or
any subsidiary or affiliate of either of them; and (b) a release of the Bank and
its officers, directors, shareholders, subsidiaries and affiliates, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Bank, of any liability to the Officer, whether for
compensation or damages, in connection with his employment with the Bank and the
termination of such employment except for the Standard Termination Entitlements
and the Additional Termination Entitlements.
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          Section 9.     No Effect on Employee Benefit Plans or Programs.
                         -----------------------------------------------

          The termination of the Officer's employment during the Assurance
Period or thereafter, whether by the Bank or by the Officer, shall have no
effect on the rights and obligations of the parties hereto under the Bank's
qualified or non-qualified retirement, pension, savings, thrift, profit-sharing
or stock bonus plans, group life, health (including hospitalization, medical and
major medical), dental, accident and long term disability insurance plans or
such other employee benefit plans or programs, or compensation plans or
programs, as may be maintained by, or cover employees of, the Bank from time to
time; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to
duplicate any compensation or benefits provided under any agreement, plan or
program covering the Officer to which the Bank or Company is a party and any
duplicative amount payable under any such agreement, plan or program shall be
applied as an offset to reduce the amounts otherwise payable hereunder.

          Section 10.    Successors and Assigns.
                         ----------------------

          This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
Officer, his legal representatives and testate or intestate distributees, and
the Company and the Bank and their respective successors and assigns, including
any successor by merger or consolidation or a statutory receiver or any other
person or firm or corporation to which all or substantially all of the assets
and business of the Company or the Bank may be sold or otherwise transferred.
Failure of the Bank to obtain from any successor its express written assumption
of the Company's or Bank's obligations hereunder at least 60 days in advance of
the scheduled effective date of any such succession shall, if such succession
constitutes a Change of Control, constitute Good Reason for the Officer's
resignation on or at any time during the Term following the occurrence of such
succession.

          Section 11.    Notices.
                         -------

          Any communication required or permitted to be given under this
Agreement, including any notice, direction, designation, consent, instruction,
objection or waiver, shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given
at such time as it is delivered personally, or five days after mailing if
mailed, postage prepaid, by registered or certified mail, return receipt
requested, addressed to such party at the address listed below or at such other
address as one such party may by written notice specify to the other party:

          If to the Officer:

               [Officer name]
               [Officer address]
               [Officer address]
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          If to the Company or the Bank:

               Charter Financial Corp.
               600 Third Avenue
               West Point, GA 31833

               Attention: Chairman, Personnel & Compensation Committee
                          of the Board of Directors

          Section 12.    Indemnification for Attorneys' Fees.
                         -----------------------------------

          The Bank shall indemnify, hold harmless and defend the Officer against
reasonable costs, including legal fees, incurred by him in connection with or
arising out of any action, suit or proceeding in which he may be involved, as a
result of his efforts, in good faith, to defend or enforce the terms of this
Agreement; provided, however, that the Officer shall have substantially
prevailed on the merits pursuant to a judgment, decree or order of a court of
competent jurisdiction or of an arbitrator in an arbitration proceeding. The
determination whether the Officer shall have substantially prevailed on the
merits and is therefore entitled to such indemnification, shall be made by the
court or arbitrator, as applicable. In the event of a settlement pursuant to a
settlement agreement, any indemnification payment under this section 12 shall be
made only after a determination by the members of the Board (other than the
Officer and any other member of the Board to which the Officer is related by
blood or marriage) that the Officer has acted in good faith and that such
indemnification payment is in the best interests of the Bank.

          Section 13.    Severability.
                         ------------

          A determination that any provision of this Agreement is invalid or
unenforceable shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other
provision hereof.

          Section 14.    Waiver.
                         ------

          Failure to insist upon strict compliance with any of the terms,
covenants or conditions hereof shall not be deemed a waiver of such term,
covenant, or condition.  A waiver of any provision of this Agreement must be
made in writing, designated as a waiver, and signed by the party against whom
its enforcement is sought.  Any waiver or relinquishment of any right or power
hereunder at any one or more times shall not be deemed a waiver or
relinquishment of such right or power at any other time or times.

          Section 15.    Counterparts.
                         ------------

          This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original, and all of which shall constitute one and the
same Agreement.
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          Section 16.    Governing Law.
                         -------------

          This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in
accordance with the federal laws of the United States and, to the extent that
federal law is inapplicable, in accordance with the laws of the State of Georgia
applicable to contracts entered into and to be performed entirely within the
State of Georgia.

          Section 17.    Headings and Construction.
                         -------------------------

          The headings of sections in this Agreement are for convenience of
reference only and are not intended to qualify the meaning of any section.  Any
reference to a section number shall refer to a section of this Agreement, unless
otherwise stated.

          Section 18.    Entire Agreement; Modifications.
                         -------------------------------

          This instrument contains the entire agreement of the parties relating
to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes in its entirety any and all prior
agreements, understandings or representations relating to the subject matter
hereof.  No modifications of this Agreement shall be valid unless made in
writing and signed by the parties hereto.

          Section 19.    Required Regulatory Provisions.
                         ------------------------------

          The following provisions are included for the purposes of complying
with various laws, rules and regulations applicable to the Bank:

          (a)  Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, in no
event shall the aggregate amount of compensation payable to the Officer
hereunder exceed three times the Officer's average annual compensation (within
the meaning of OTS Regulatory Bulletin 27a or any successor thereto) for the
last five consecutive calendar years to end prior to his termination of
employment with the Bank (or for his entire period of employment with the Bank
if less than five calendar years).  The compensation payable to the Officer
hereunder shall be further reduced (but not below zero) if such reduction would
avoid the assessment of excise taxes on excess parachute payments (within the
meaning of section 280G of the Code).

          (b)  Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, any
payments to the Officer by the Bank, whether pursuant to this Agreement or
otherwise, are subject to and conditioned upon their compliance with section
18(k) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act ("FDI Act"), 12 U.S.C. (S)1828(k),
and any regulations promulgated thereunder.

          (c)  Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, if the
Officer is suspended from office and/or temporarily prohibited from
participating in the conduct of the affairs of the Bank pursuant to a notice
served under section 8(e)(3) or 8(g)(1) of the FDI Act, 12 U.S.C. (S)1818(e)(3)
or 1818(g)(1), the Bank's obligations under this Agreement shall be suspended as
of the date of service of such notice, unless stayed by appropriate proceedings.
If the charges in such notice are dismissed, the Bank, in its discretion, may
(i) pay to the Officer all or part of the compensation withheld while the Bank's
obligations hereunder were suspended and (ii) reinstate, in whole or in part,
any of the obligations which were suspended.
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          (d)  Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, if the
Executive is removed and/or permanently  prohibited from participating in the
conduct of the Bank's affairs by an order issued under section 8(e)(4) or
8(g)(1) of the FDI Act, 12 U.S.C. (S)1818(e)(4) or (g)(1), all prospective
obligations of the Bank under this Agreement shall terminate as of the effective
date of the order, but vested rights and obligations of the Bank and the
Executive shall not be affected.

          (e)  Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, if the
Bank is in default (within the meaning of section 3(x)(1) of the FDI Act, 12
U.S.C. (S)1813(x)(1), all prospective obligations of the Bank under this
Agreement shall terminate as of the date of default, but vested rights and
obligations of the Bank and the Officer shall not be affected.

          (f)  Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, all
prospective obligations of the Bank hereunder shall be terminated, except to the
extent that a continuation of this Agreement is necessary for the continued
operation of the Bank:  (i) by the Director of the OTS or his designee or the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC"), at the time the FDIC enters into
an agreement to provide assistance to or on behalf of the Bank under the
authority contained in section 13(c) of the FDI Act, 12 U.S.C. (S)1823(c); (ii)
by the Director of the OTS or his designee at the time such Director or designee
approves a supervisory merger to resolve problems related to the operation of
the Bank or when the Bank is determined by such Director to be in an unsafe or
unsound condition.  The vested rights and obligations of the parties shall not
be affected.

          If and to the extent that any of the foregoing provisions shall cease
to be required or by applicable law, rule or regulation, the same shall become
inoperative as though eliminated by formal amendment of this Agreement.

          Section 20.    Guaranty.
                         --------

          The Company hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to the
Officer the payment of all amounts, and the performance of all other
obligations, due from the Bank in accordance with the terms of this Agreement as
and when due without any requirement of presentment, demand of payment, protest
or notice of dishonor or nonpayment.

          Section 21.    Effective Date.
                         --------------

          This Agreement shall become effective (the "Effective Date") upon the
later of the following two dates: (a) the effective date of the Bank's
conversion from a federally chartered mutual savings bank to a stock form
savings bank pursuant to the Reorganization or (b) the date the OTS advises the
Bank in writing that it either approves or has no objection to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement.  The Bank, the Company and the Officer each hereby
acknowledge and agree that the terms of this Agreement shall have no force or
effect prior to such Effective Date.
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          In Witness Whereof, the Bank and the Company have caused this
Agreement to be executed and the Officer has hereunto set his hand, all as of
the day and year first above written.

                                    _________________________________________
                                    [__________________]

                                    CharterBank

Attest:

By _____________________________    By ______________________________________
    Name:                              Name:
    Title:                             Title:

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                                    Charter Financial Corp.

Attest:

By _____________________________    By ______________________________________
    Name:                              Name:
    Title:                             Title:

[Seal]

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