Our Leadership
and Staff
Pastoral Leadership
REv. Eric H. Brown, D.Min.
Senior pastor
Dr. Eric Brown has pastored Woodland Christian Church for seventeen years. He received his bachelor’s degree in biology from Earlham College. He received his Master of Divinity degree from Phillips Graduate Seminary and his Doctor of Ministry from Brite Divinity School. Pastor Brown is an advocate for biblical justice and preaches the justice and mercy that Jesus practiced when he was on earth.
REV. JUDY A. ALSTON, PH.D.
Associate Pastor
Dr. Judy Alston is a Professor and Director of the Doctoral Program in Leadership Studies at Ashland University. A southerner by birth, she hails from Charleston, SC. She earned her Ph.D. in Educational Administration from The Pennsylvania State University, a Master of Divinity degree from Methodist Theological School in Ohio, as well as a Master of Education degree in Educational Administration and a Master of Education degree in Secondary Education both from the University of South Carolina, and Bachelor of Arts in English from Winthrop College. She is the author of Herstories: Leading with the Lessons of the Lives of Black Women Activists. She is married to Dr. Cynthia A. Tyson.
Rev. Jack D. Sullivan, JR., D.Min.
Pastoral Leader
Dr. Jack Sullivan is the Executive Director of the Ohio Council of Churches. A life member of both the NAACP and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Jack holds a BS in Communication from Ohio University, an M.Div. from Lexington Theological Seminary, and a D.Min. from United Theological Seminary of Dayton, Ohio. For his global efforts to stop executions, Jack was awarded the 2020 Social Justice Award from Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and the Ohio Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Commission. He is married to the Rev. Sekinah Hamlin, Minister for Economic Justice of the United Church of Christ. Together, they have five children.
Congregational Leadership
Elder Arnetta Howard
Moderator
General Board
Regina Hill
Assistant Secretary
General Board
Woodrow Paul
Vice-Chairperson
Board of Trustees
Renisha Edwards
Chairperson, Disciples Women’s Fellowship
Charles Edwards
Vice-Moderator
General Board
Roxanne Clark
Treasurer
General Board
Elder Raymond Taylor
Chairperson
Elders’ Ministry
Rev. Dr. Judy Alston
Secretary
General Board
Blanche Perkins
Chairperson
Board of Trustees
Rochelle Trammell
Chairperson
Diaconate Ministry
Staff
Lawrence Murray
Musician/
Choir Director
Mark Sanderson
Musician