Rev. Brian Erickson Trinity United Methodist
Rev. Brian Erickson
Trinity United Methodist Church has welcomed Rev. Brian Erickson, 39, as senior pastor designate the church starting June 15.
He will succeed Dr. Andy Wolfe, 65, who will retire in June 2015. Wolfe has served Trinity since 1997 and is the church’s longest-serving pastor.
Erickson is a graduate of Birmingham-Southern College and received his Master of Divinity degree from the Candler School of Theology at Emory University. He comes to Trinity after serving as senior pastor of 900-member First United Methodist Church in Alabaster during the church’s period of significant growth in membership and mission outreach. Erickson coordinated the acquisition of a shopping center in Alabaster that hosts a contemporary worship service, a Hispanic ministry, a special needs ministry, and a food bank that feeds 100 families on Saturdays.
Wolfe has led Trinity during a time of dramatic growth of membership, outreach, and facilities. The church now has 3,300 members, and the average age of new members is 36.
-Submitted by Bill Hutto