Hank Erwin

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Senator Henry E. Erwin, Jr.
Member of the Alabama State Senate
from the 14th district
In office
2002 – 2010
Born April 2, 1949 (1949-04-02) (age 59)
Birmingham, Alabama
Political party Republican
Spouse Shelia Joyce Erwin
Residence Montevallo, Alabama
Profession talk show host
Religion Evangelical Protestant
Website http://www.senatorerwin.com/

Henry Eugene "Hank" Erwin, Jr.) is a Christian evangelical broadcaster and a Republican State Senator in Alabama (USA), representing the 14th District since 2002. He represents portions of Jefferson, Shelby, Bibb and Chilton Counties.

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Erwin is the son of Henry Eugene "Red" Erwin, Sr., a U.S. Army Air Forces sergeant who earned the Medal of Honor in World War II. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama and graduated from Ensley High School in 1967 before going on to earn degrees at Troy State University (1972), Southwestern Bible College (1974) and the Dallas Seminary (1981)

Erwin began working as a broadcaster as a seminary student in Dallas, hosting a Christian-themed sports call-in show on KCBI-FM before moving to television news reporting. He continued his radio career after returning to Alabama with stops at WDJC-FM and WYDE-AM. His success in motivating audiences led the Birmingham Post-Herald to label him "the Larry King of the born-again set in Birmingham." He currently hosts an hour-long daily television program, "The Hank Erwin Show" on WOTM-LP, which is hosted on a public access channel in Birmingham and Montgomery by Charter Communications.

Erwin was elected to the Alabama State Senate in 2002, and won 54% of the vote in the 2006 Republican Primary against two challengers. During his tenure,he has been named the 2005 Legislator of the Year by the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He won respect for his efforts to help military veterans, defeat expanded gambling, and protect churches from expanded intrusion. He and his wife, Shelia, head "S.A.V. America Ministries" which hopes to foster a "moral and spiritual revival" for the United States through Bible studies, preaching, rallies, radio, television and home seminars.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Erwin's comments linking "gambling, sin, and wickedness" in New Orleans to "the judgment of God" were reported nationally. He explained the comments in an interview on FoxNews' Hannity & Colmes show. [1]

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  1. ^ "Was Hurricane Katrina 'God's Wrath' on a Sinful Coast?" (September 30, 2005) "Hannity & Colmes" Fox News Network

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