A native of East Texas, Eric entered the call to ministry in 1987. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Religion at East Texas Baptist University in 1991, a Masters of Religious Education at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1995, and a Bachelor of Arts in Music at the University of Houston in 2006. He has served in churches for the past 30 years in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. Eric served as youth pastor at Cameron Baptist Church from 1994 to 1999 and returned to the church in 2018 as worship pastor.

Eric’s wife April is a graduate of East Texas Baptist University and is a school teacher. His children are Shelby and Kayla. Shelby is a graduate of  the University of Texas in Tyler TX. Kayla is a graduate at Stephen F. Austin University in Nacogdoches, TX.