Our Leadership
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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.

 

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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