Lewis Richerson has served as the Senior Pastor of Woodlawn Baptist Church since 2012. He previously served at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in various capacities from 2005 to 2012, where he also received his M.Div. in Biblical Languages and Ph.D. in Preaching. Lewis has been pastoring in SBC churches since 1999, when he began serving as an interim pastor in rural Rapids Parish, Louisiana. He also helped launch a ministry in India that includes an accredited Bible college and seminary, church planting efforts all over India, an orphan ministry, and pastor training.