ERIK B. BREWER

My two passions are disciple-making, specifically in the area of family-oriented ministry and missions. I have been trained in expository preaching and teaching, and I have used that training to serve on the foreign mission field full time, as well as in local churches in the United States. These two passions of mine involve training people of all ages in the Word of God, helping them learn the joy of discovering Truth for themselves. I desire to preach the Gospel to the lost and help believers grow in the knowledge of Jesus Christ so that together we can be fruitful for the Kingdom of heaven and have an impact in the lives of multi generations. My spiritual gifting is in the area pastor-teacher. I enjoy serving according to my gifts and talents, which means teaching people the Word of God systematically through the inductive teaching method and challenging them to apply what they have learned in practical, everyday situations. I have served as a youth minister, pastor, associate pastor, discipleship pastor, children/families pastor, church planter, and pastor of education for the past twenty plus years, forming disciples who serve the Lord in their public schools, college campuses, families, and workplaces. For over 10 years I was mentored and trained by Mia and Costel Oglice as well as by Vasile Filat, all of Precept Ministries Eurasia. I want to mentor others, teaching them how to live a life that will leave a lasting legacy for the generations to come and produce much fruit for the Kingdom of heaven.

• SOUTHERN CALVERT BAPTIST CHURCH, Lusby, MD - Leading international mission trips, working with children and adults, training pastors and church planters in Los Mochis, Mexico, and Kerala, India.
• HOFFMANTOWN CHURCH, Albuquerque, NM - Leading international mission trips, training team members, teaching children and teens
• GOOD NEWS BAPTIST CHURCH, Chisinau, Moldova, National, Launching and leading national mission trips, working with a newly planted church, organizing day camps and construction projects to Romania, Myanmar, and Thailand.
• PRECEPT EURASIA Inductive Bible Study Institute, Warsaw, Poland and Chisinau, Moldova -Training pastors and lay leaders
• NAMB (North American Mission Board), St. Louis, MO - Teaching ESL classes to immigrants
• CONFERENCE AND SEMINAR SPEAKER - Speaking at conferences and seminars about international ministry and missions
• HOLY TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH, Chisinau, Moldova -Leading international mission trips, teaching the Bible through English as a second language, organizing day camps
• CALVARY CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH, Parchman, MS - Teaching ESL to Hispanic seasonal workers
• (STUDENT) BAPTIST STUDENT UNION, SENATOBIA, MS - Working in British Guyana, South America, sharing the Gospel through sports ministries

I was raised in a Methodist church and was never really confronted with the need of repentance and being born again until I was 18 years old. I joined the church when I was 13 but never repented and was not born again. I faced the fact that I was a sinner at the age of 18 once I began to study the Bible for the first time in my life. I repented, asked for forgiveness of my sins, and was born again through the presence of the Holy Spirit entering into my life. I began the process of discipleship and have grown in my faith on a daily basis.

• The Bible: I believe the Bible to be the inspired Word of God, without error in the original writings, the complete revelation of His will for the salvation of men, and the divine and final authority for all Christian faith and life.
• God the Father: I believe in one God, Creator of all things, infinitely perfect and eternally existing in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
• God the Son: I believe that Jesus Christ is true God and true man, having been conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He died on the cross as the sacrifice for our sins according to the Scriptures. Further, He arose bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven, where, at the right hand of the Majesty on High, He now sits as our High Priest and Advocate.
• God the Holy Spirit: I believe that the ministry of the Holy Spirit is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ and during this age to convict men, regenerate the believing sinner, and indwell, guide, instruct, and empower the believer for godly living and service.
• Mankind: I believe that human beings were created in the image of God but fell into sin and are therefore lost. Only through personal faith in Jesus Christ and regeneration by the Holy Spirit can salvation and spiritual life be obtained.
• Substitutionary Death of Christ: I believe that the substitutionary death of Jesus Christ and His resurrection provide the only ground for justification and salvation for all who believe, and only such as receive Jesus Christ through faith are born of the Holy Spirit, and thus become children of God.
• Salvation: I believe that salvation is by grace, a free gift of God apart from works, salvation involves repentance, a change of mind in respect to God and thus turning from one’s own way to God’s way, salvation is through personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, all who receive Jesus Christ are regenerated by the Holy Spirit and become the children of God, and true salvation will be manifested by a changed life.
• The Church: I believe that the true Church is composed of all such persons who through personal faith in Jesus Christ have been regenerated by the Holy Spirit and are united together in the body of Christ of which He is Head. I believe that Jesus Christ is the Lord and Head of the Church, and that every local church has the right under Christ to decide and govern its own affairs.
• Eschatology: I believe in the bodily return of Jesus, and the bodily resurrection of the dead—of the believer to everlasting blessedness and joy with the Lord, and of the unbeliever to judgment and everlasting conscious punishment.

• Calvary Chapel SBC, Parchman, MS, Preach, 01/01/2004
• Calvary Chapel SBC, Parchman, MS, Ordain, 01/01/2005
• Holy Trinity Baptist Church, Chisinau, Rep. of Moldova, Ordain, 01/22/2006