Eric is a native of Alabama but has called Texas home for the last twenty years. He came to know the Lord at the age of six and surrendered to ministry in the spring of 1999. He holds a biology degree from Samford University, where he graduated summa cum laude before earning both a Master of Divinity and a Doctor of Ministry at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is blessed with a godly wife, and three children who range in age from elementary to high school. Eric serves as the senior pastor of Woods Chapel Baptist Church in Texas and enjoys talking about all things theological and archaeological.