From the Pulpit – A Briarwood Podcast

Dr. Eric Watkins is the pastor of Harvest Orthodox Presbyterian Church in San Marcos, California, and was recently appointed the part-time Director for the Center for Missions and Evangelism at Mid-America Reformed Seminary. He has been a minister in the OPC since 2001 and has planted two churches. Dr. Watkins is happily married to Heather; the two of them have four beautiful, adopted children. His pastimes include surfing, beach volleyball, and playing guitar.

Dr. Eric Watkins is the pastor of Harvest Orthodox Presbyterian Church in San Marcos, California, and was recently appointed the part-time Director for the Center for Missions and Evangelism at Mid-America Reformed Seminary. He has been a minister in the OPC since 2001 and has planted two churches. Dr. Watkins is happily married to Heather; the two of them have four beautiful, adopted children. His pastimes include surfing, beach volleyball, and playing guitar.

Dr. Eric Watkins is the pastor of Harvest Orthodox Presbyterian Church in San Marcos, California, and was recently appointed the part-time Director for the Center for Missions and Evangelism at Mid-America Reformed Seminary. He has been a minister in the OPC since 2001 and has planted two churches. Dr. Watkins is happily married to Heather; the two of them have four beautiful, adopted children. His pastimes include surfing, beach volleyball, and playing guitar.

Born and reared in the Kanawha Valley of West Virginia, Randy Thompson holds a B. S. from Virginia Tech, a M.Div. from Covenant Theological Seminary, and a D. Min. from Westminster Seminary in California. He was the church planter and then pastor of Evangelical Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Cape Coral, Florida in 1980 and served there until 1995. He has also served as pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Greenwood, Mississippi. In 2002 he became the pastor of First Presbyterian. He and his wife Cathy, have four grown children and eight grandchildren.

Dan Doriani founded and leads the Center for Faith and Work Saint Louis, and is the host of Working with Dan Doriani, a faith and work-focused podcast. In his principal calling, he has pastored churches, served as faculty in colleges and seminaries, and authored and edited a number of books. Dan holds degrees from Geneva College, Westminster Theological Seminary, Yale Divinity School, and also currently serves as vice president at large and professor of biblical and systematic theology at Covenant Theological Seminary.

Joel Beeke served as president of Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary from its founding in 1995 until 2023. He presently serves as the seminary’s chancellor and professor of systematic theology and homiletics. He is a pastor of the Heritage Reformed Congregation in Grand Rapids, Michigan (since 1986), editor of the Puritan Reformed Journal and the Banner of Sovereign Grace Truth, board chairman of Reformation Heritage Books, president of Inheritance Publishers, and vice-president of the Dutch Reformed Translation Society.

Randy Pope is the founding pastor of Perimeter Church in Johns Creek, Georgia. After 42 years of leading Perimeter Church, in September 2019, he moved into the role of full-time Assistant Pastor of Perimeter Church and President of Life on Life Ministries. He is a graduate of the University of Alabama with a major in math and Reformed Theological Seminary.

His personal passion and commitment is to make and train disciples of Christ. He just finished his 53rd consecutive year disciplining a few men. He founded Life on Life Ministries, an organization committed to establishing life-on-life missional discipleship in churches worldwide. In addition to training church leaders throughout the world, he has been a guest lecturer at numerous universities and graduate schools. He has written books specifically for pastors and leaders, The Intentional Church and Insourcing. He has also written a book for singles, Finding Your Million Dollar Mate. He has developed resources used around the world that include: The Journey, a gospel-centered resource for discipleship and Express Your Faith, a relational way to help others investigate Christ. He has also developed resources for those exploring Christianity that include Life Issues and Next Steps booklets.

Randy and Carol have four grown children and fifteen grandchildren.