Reverend Eric W. Carr Jr. (AKA Pastor “E”) is an ordained Elder of the
United Methodist Church in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference
currently serving on the pastoral team at St. Daniels, Chester. He is
married to Andrea Carr and has two children, Eric DeAndrae and Adreana
Eryn.

Pastor Carr has been active with various church ministries and has been
in many leadership roles throughout his life including Minister of Music,
Music Director, Director of Worship Ministries, Christian Education,
Youth/Young Adult ministry leader, Head of Security Operations, and
has served as a board member on several Eastern PA conference
committees within the United Methodist Church.

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In 2008 Pastor Carr begun to clearly see God bringing the puzzle of his life together and received the revelation of how all things were working together to make him complete in God for God's purpose. This lit the fire within Pastor Carr and stirred up the confirmation that he is called to a life dedicated to ministry spreading a message of Hope, Reconciliation, and Restoration to all persons whom God sends across his path.

In 2011 after realizing some serious concerns within the youth and young adult church community, Pastor Carr founded A Greater Dimension Ministries; which was to be a connectional and empowerment
ministry tearing down barriers that divide us from fellowshipping, worshipping, and working together.
 

In 2014 after serving in a role as an assistant pastor at Eastwick United Methodist Church, Rev. Carr accepted the call to the pastorate and under the leadership and guidance of the Rev. Dr. Michael Roberts, began his journey to itinerant ministry. In July of 2015 Rev. Carr received his first pastoral appointment serving Wharton-Wesley UMC in southwest Philadelphia.
Later that same year Rev. Carr founded the Philadelphia United Methodist Mass Choir. Through this ministry, Rev. Carr seeks to bring members of various United Methodist churches together, connecting in
fellowship and music to glorify God. In January of 2017 Rev. Carr received an additional pastoral charge in north Philadelphia pastoring Midtown Parish UMC. In July of 2019, Pastor Carr was appointed as
Associate Pastor of St. Daniels UMC in Chester, PA, and as of July 2020 serves as Senior Pastor.

 

Pastor Carr holds a Master of Divinity degree from Palmer Theological Seminary of Eastern University, a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration Management from Peirce College, and a Certificate of Completion from Molding Disciples Institute of Biblical Studies. He is a chaplain with the Philadelphia Police Department’s 18 th District Chaplain Unit, volunteers as a chaplain at Nemours A.I.duPont hospital for children in Wilmington, DE, and is a Chaplain in the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary
(Civil Air Patrol). Pastor Carr has a passion for worship, music, and seeing God’s people prosper, living into their destiny. Pastor Carr’s heart-felt statement is “only what you do for Christ will last”, and his
anchor scripture has been Proverbs 3:5-6 “trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He SHALL direct thy paths.”