Mike Eddinger began serving as Senior Pastor on September 29, 2008 after serving Westwood the last five years as Associate Pastor under the leadership of Rev. Charles Allard, who retired from Westwood on December 31, 2007.

Mike holds a BS in Zoology from North Carolina State University(1975) and a BS in Health Science from Duke University (graduating cum laude in 1977). In May 2007, Mike received a Master of Divinity(with distinction) from Campbell University Divinity School.

He is married to Marilyn Shipplett Eddinger, and they have two daughters, Kimberly Crawford of Greensboro, NC, and Angela Eddinger, currently a freshman at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC