Speakers
DR. ERNIE BAKER
Ernie has the privilege of serving as Interim Senior Adult Pastor and ACBC fellow for First Counseling, the counseling ministry of First Baptist of Jacksonville.
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
Bob currently serves as an Associate Professor of Biblical Counseling at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY. Bob previously served for twelve years as a professor at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, NC, as well as the Pastor of Biblical Counseling at Open Door Church in Raleigh, NC. Prior to that he served for nineteen years as a lead pastor in a local church in WV.
Bob graduated from The King’s College (B.A.), Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (M.Div.), Westminster Theological Seminary (D.Min., Pastoral Counseling), and the University of South Africa (D.Theol., Systematic Theology). He is a certified counselor and fellow with the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors; a certified Christian conciliator with the Institute for Christian Conciliation; an annual visiting professor at Faith Bible Seminary; and a founding Council member of the Biblical Counseling Coalition.
Bob has written three books (Uprooting Anger; Pursuing Peace; and Anger: Calming Your Heart); ten booklets (Angry at God?, Forgiveness, Bad Memories, Restoring Your Broken Marriage, Single Parenting, Freedom from Resentment, When Trouble Shows Up, Why Worry?, Prodigal Children, and Contentment; and over a dozen articles and book chapters on counseling and pastoral ministry. Bob and Lauren, his wife of thirty-six years, have two adult sons, a daughter-in-law, and two granddaughters. They are active members at Third Avenue Baptist Church, Louisville, KY, where he counsels and provides counseling training and consultation.