Speakers
DR. ERNIE BAKER
Ernie has the privilege of serving as Pastor of Counseling and Discipleship at First Baptist of Jacksonville where he helps oversee pastoral care and The Grace Center for Biblical Counseling.
He received his M.Div. from Capital Bible Seminary, and his D.Min. in Pastoral Counseling from Westminster Theological Seminary. Dr. Baker has been in ministry since 1980. Twenty-five of these years were spent in pastoral ministry, which included training and equipping pastors and laymen in the skills of discipleship counseling and conciliation before serving as Professor of Biblical Counseling at The Master’s University and Seminary.
He is a Certified Conciliator with The Institute for Christian Conciliation and teaches a number of conflict resolution courses along with doing conciliation. He is also a Fellow with the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors, a Council Board member of the Biblical Counseling Coalition, and has the privilege of chairing the online BA in biblical counseling for The Master’s University, plus teaches in the undergrad and graduate programs. It has been his privilege to teach biblical counseling and conciliation in numerous foreign countries.
Ernie is the author of: Marry Wisely, Marry Well; a blueprint for personal preparation (Shepherd Press); Help! I’m in a Conflict (Shepherd Press); contributing author to Christ-Centered Biblical Counseling (Harvest House); Scripture and Counseling, God’s Word for Life in a Broken World (Zondervan); Men Counseling Men (Harvest House); Biblical Counseling and the Church, God’s Help Through God’s People (Zondervan); What Happened in the Garden, the Reality and Ramifications of the Fall (Kregel) and numerous journal and magazine articles.
DR. ROBERT D. JONES
Robert currently serves as the Associate Professor of Biblical Counseling at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Prior to coming to Southern, Jones served for 19 years as a pastor in West Virginia and then 12 years as a professor at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Jones is a certified counselor, fellow, and speaker with the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors; a certified Christian conciliator, adjunct instructor, and church reconciliation trainer with the Institute for Christian Conciliation; a founding member of the Council Board of the Biblical Counseling Coalition; and a member of the Evangelical Theological Society.
He has written Uprooting Anger: Biblical Help for a Common Problem and Pursuing Peace: A Christian Guide to Handling Our Conflicts, along with seven mini-books (Angry at God?, Forgiveness, Bad Memories, Restoring Your Broken Marriage, Single Parenting, Freedom from Resentment, and When Trouble Shows Up), four chapters in multi-author counseling books, and over a dozen published articles and book review on counseling and pastoral ministry. He holds a B.A. from The King’s College; M.Div., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School; D.Min., Westminster Theological Seminary; and a D.Theol., University of South Africa.
