Eric Whitley

Pas­tor of Young Adults

Eric M. Whitley

Eric M. Whit­ley recently moved to Bris­bane after grow­ing up in the United States. Eric has served as a youth and wor­ship Pas­tor for churches in his homet­own of Atlanta, Geor­gia for over 9 years and prior to that was always very act­ively involved with the church and in min­istry. As a teen­ager he began volun­teer­ing and lead­ing in vari­ous roles in the youth group he attended.

At age 15, Eric felt that God was call­ing him into full-​​time min­istry. He con­tin­ued to serve at his church and to learn all he could about ful­filling God’s call­ing on his life. After high school he atten­ded the Uni­ver­sity of Geor­gia and gradu­ated with a Bach­elor of Music Edu­ca­tion. He star­ted in full-​​time min­istry with an intern­ship at Snellville Baptist Church soon after gradu­ation, serving in the uni­ver­sity and singles min­is­tries. This is where he met his wife, Bron­wen, when she vis­ited the church with friends dur­ing a stay in the USA.

After this intern­ship ended Eric was offered a pos­i­tion as Youth Pas­tor at North­side Baptist church. While he was at this church Eric became licensed and ordained for min­istry. After serving there for over three years he was given the oppor­tun­ity to help plant a church in a rural sub­urb on the out­skirts of Atlanta. He accep­ted and took on the dual role of Youth and Wor­ship pas­tor which he held for 3 years. After this, Eric was hired at Bri­arcliff United Meth­od­ist church in down­town Atlanta to be their Youth and Wor­ship Pas­tor. His job was to begin a new con­tem­por­ary ser­vice and rekindle the once vibrant youth group. He spent 15 months at Bri­arcliff church, and then after many pray­ers, the couple moved back to Aus­tralia to be closer to Bronwen’s family.

In addi­tion to his min­istry, Eric enjoys many out­door activ­it­ies such as camp­ing, hik­ing, moun­tain bik­ing, and fish­ing. Eric is an accom­plished musi­cian and has spent many years serving in vari­ous Chris­tian bands in the USA, ful­filling his desire to use his tal­ents and abil­it­ies to glor­ify God.