Erick Brinkley was born and raised in Spring Hope, North Carolina. He is the son of Pastor Spencer and Sandra Harris. He is a graduate of Southern Nash High School, class of 1983. After graduation he served in the North Carolina National Guard for five years.

 

His ministry began at an early age at Rocky Point Baptist Church (Spring Hope), where Rev. A. M. Wiggins served as Pastor. He also served as a musician for Bishop Donald A. Wright at the Scripture Center in Rocky Mount and also served as a musician for Bishop R. T. McCarter at Morning Star Church of Christ (Rocky Mount).

 

In 2000 he accepted the call on his life to become a minister of the Gospel. He became a member of Wake Chapel Church (Raleigh) under the leadership of Bishop J. Jasper Wilkins Jr. and was ordained in 2015. God began to move and placed him as the Associate Pastor of Hawkins Chapel Baptist Church (Franklinton), where he served for one year under Pastor Kenneth Williams. He is currently employed at Superior Chrysler in Henderson, NC, and also serves on the Board of Directors for Henderson-Vance Crime Stoppers.

 

He is married to the awesome Tomika L. Brinkley, and they have four children: Edmond, Evan, Jamir, and Jaleigha, as well as one granddaughter, Jada.

 

God has given him a vision that will be done with a spirit of excellence and total commitment. He lives by the Scripture Jeremiah 29:11. No matter what you are faced with, God has a plan for your life.