He and his wife, Debby, were married in 1975 and have one son, Caleb.

Author Bio | Veritas Heritage Press

Earl M. Blackburn is married to Debby, and they have one son.

Author Bio — Veritas Heritage Press

Earl M. Blackburn 

Pastor Emeritus, retired after forty-five years of pastoral ministry. The author of several books including Jesus Loves the Church and So Should You and 50 World-Changing Events in Christian History. He resides in Elkin, North Carolina, and is engaged in a writing ministry in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains.

Upon completion of his theological education, Earl Blackburn labored as a church-planting missionary in Utah for seven years. In his forty-five plus years of pastoral ministry, he has traveled extensively, preaching in pastors' conferences, and teaching theological modules in the United States, Canada, Europe, southern Africa, and Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar/Burma, Singapore).

Blackburn authored Jesus Loves the Church and So Should You (SGCB-2010), John Chrysostom (EP-2012), edited and contributed to Covenant Theology: A Baptist Distinctive (SGCB-2012), and wrote 50 World-Changing Events in Christian History (Christian Focus-2018). Plus, he has contributed to the book Denominations or Associations (Calvary Press-2001) and Going Beyond the Five Points (VP-2015), and has written for numerous periodicals, including Founder's Journal (USA), Reformation Today (United Kingdom), Preachers & Preaching (South Africa), and The Gospel Highway (Malaysia).

Earl M. Blackburn is a pastor emeritus. He previously worked as a church-planting missionary in Utah and has authored several books.

Earl is a pastor emeritus. He previously worked as a church-planting missionary in Utah and has authored several books.

The staff directory page lists Earl Blackburn as a "Board Member" and provides an email and phone number, but it does not include service dates/term, election year, or other elected-office details on this page.

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Earl currently serves on the Elkin City Schools board.

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