About Eric

Eric Wilbanks was born in 1968 in Columbus, Georgia. In 1984, Eric and his family moved to Jesup, Georgia. It was there that Eric found Christ, thanks to the persistent love and care of Christian students and youth workers.

After graduating from high school, Eric attended Lee University in Tennessee where he majored in Christian Education and Psychology. It was at Lee that Eric met his wife-to-be, Phyllis. The daughter of author and international evangelist P. Douglas Small, Phyllis was a Psychology major and a Drama minor. Eric and Phyllis were married in 1993.

For the past twelve years, Eric and Phyllis have served in the local church in almost every capacity imaginable, most of that time as full-time youth pastors. In additions to his duties as an "image architect," Eric is currently serving as the Director of Communications for Wekiva Assembly in Longwood, FL. Before coming to Wekiva, Eric served as the Pastor of Family Ministries at Destiny Church in Orlando.

Previously, Eric served as the Managing Editor for YouthChurch.com and ProFiles e-journal for youth pastors (owned and operated by Strang Communications, home of Charisma magazine), directed the e-Resources for YouthLeader.org (a coaching ministry for small church youth ministries) and was a partner and web administrator with ProjectPray.org, a community transformation prayer initiative birthed out of the Pastor's Prayer Summit movement.

Phyllis works two jobs—full-time wife and mom and full-time Homeschool teacher of their three boys: Nicholas (10), Ian (8) and Reagan (6). In her spare time, she's raising her first baby girl (Daci—5 months old) and still finds time to stay involved in all kinds of social outlets and activities!