Pastor Jay Wilburn

Hi, my name is Jay Wilburn, and I am the pastor of The Bible Baptist Church of Erin, TN. Thank you for visiting our website. Our desire is to be a blessing to you in some  way. If you are a born-again Christian, we want to encourage you in your Christian walk. If you have never trusted Christ as your Saviour, we hope that you will do so today.

I was saved by God's grace when I was eight. I was called by God to preach when I was fifteen. When I was nineteen, I married Brenda K. Shoemake. I was also ordained and accepted the pastorate of the Hartsville Missionary Baptist Church. 1983 was an exciting year.

My parents are Jackie and Elaine Wilburn of "The Wilburns". I sang with my family for eight years. In 1987 I accepted the pastorate of two churches, New Salem Baptist Church and Caney Fork Baptist Church. While pastoring these churches we saw many people come to Jesus Christ for salvation. In 1985 our oldest daughter, Jacqueline Nicole, was born, and in 1988 Jana Rene was born. While working in public work and pastoring, the Lord opened a door in western middle Tennessee. Elk Creek Baptist Church in Cumberland City, TN called me as their pastor in August of 1992. I accepted the call, and my family and I moved to Erin, TN. While pastoring Elk Creek Baptist Church the Lord blessed us with a son, Joseph Lane Wilburn. In 1999 I was led of God to establish The Bible Baptist Church of Erin.

On Father's Day 2008 we held our first official service in our new building on the hill in the middle of beautiful Erin, TN. From 1999 to the present we have seen God do many wonderful things. I believe the future is bright for The Bible Baptist Church of Erin. " A city set on an hill cannot be hid".

I have been preaching God's word for 30 years. God has been so good to me and my family. The congregation at Bible Baptist are some of the greatest people in the world. With the old King James Bible and the leadership of the Holy Spirit we are standing strong for Jesus Christ. Pray for us as we try to reach Houston County and the world with the glorious gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Please come and visit us sometime!

Pastor Jay Wilburn (Psalm 46:1)

Assistant Pastor David Cook

As a kid I searched for someone to except me for who I was. I was born in Korea, and in the little town where I grew up it was hard to fit in. My dad and mom split up when I was about 5. As I got older I went to Texas to live with my mother, and while I was there I experienced things young teenagers shouldn't experience. I had something missing in my life, and seeking that something I joined a gang. That was not the answer. My mother decided she couldn't handle me and sent me back to live with my dad. A couple of months later at basketball practice, I received a very disturbing phone call. My mother that I loved dearly had commented suicide. I could not believe this. The last time I had spoken to her was when she told me and my brother that she couldn't handle us because we were too wild for her to handle. I never told her I was sorry, and now it was too late. I was mad at myself and mad at God. Why would He let this happen? I rebelled and turned to alcohol and drugs. The friends I had were a terrible influence on me. We started breaking the law in many ways. I remember sitting in one of my friends' car and telling him that I was through. This wasn't how I wanted to live anymore...then he said "Come on David just one more time." I agreed that I would go and that was the night I was arrested.

It was around Thanksgiving 10 years ago a preacher came to visit me in jail and for the first time in my life I found what I was looking for. My search for acceptance was over. He told me about a Man who died for me on a cross to pay for my sins. He knew where I was, where I had been, and He didn't care if I was white, black, or red he would save me just as I am. It was amazing to me that Someone would love me the way I was. I got saved that night in a jail cell where I was facing 10 years on many charges. Little did I know that God had a much different plan for my life.

Over the next couple of months, the Lord showed me His mercy on my life. The judge hearing my case agreed to let me go to a boys home called Reclamation Ranch where I would spend the next 2 years traveling around the world and telling others about the Walking Miracle God made out of me. During that time I was called to preach and after much time and prayer decided to leave the home and go to Pensacola, Florida where I would attend 3 years of Bible school at Pensacola Bible Institute. During that time I meet my future wife Rachel Anne Johnson and we were married on August 14, 2004. I then graduated from bible school in May of 2005. God is so good.

On July 4th, 2005, my wife and I moved to Erin, Tennessee to start working at Bible Baptist Church with Pastor Jay Wilburn and also to start preaching at the local jail in Houston County. You see, it had been 5 years since I had been in the Houston County Jail in Erin, Tennessee when a local preacher with a burden for MY soul's condition came to my jail cell and asked if I would come to church. That local preacher was Pastor Jay Wilburn of Bible Baptist Church.

Looking back on things now, I can see how God was preparing a way for me. If God not allowed my mother to take her own life, I may not have rebelled and ended up in jail. If I had not ended up in jail, where would I be today?

I would like to publicly thank my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for putting me in jail. It was not just any jail, but it was jail ran by a Christian Sheriff, Kenneth Barnes, who allows preachers to come in and preach the gospel of Jesus Christ to sinners like me. Sinners, who are on their way to Hell without hope and without God. Thank God for sending a man concerned for this lost and dying world to witness to a sinner like me. I thank him for seeing fit to use me in His ministry even though I am undeserving and unworthy. Eph. 2:12

Our prayer and hearts desire is to reach as many of the youth and let them know that there is Someone Who will love them just as they are. We want them to know that there is a place they can come and be accepted just as they are. I know from experience how mean and cruel this world can be. We would like them to know that they don't have to turn to alcohol or drugs. That is not the answer to their problems. God has a plan for your life. If you are willing to be used, He will use you in a mighty way.

If you are still reading this, I would like you to examine your life and ask yourself this question, "Is there something missing in my life?" If the answer is yes, Christ can fix it. Just look what he did for me.