Edwin Blackwood attended the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary. He was ordained to the gospel ministry by the Great Lakes-Gulf Presbytery of the RPCNA, where he pastored a church in Evansville, IN from 1993 until 2000. In 2005 he was called to Australia by the RPC-Australia where he served from Jan 2006 until Oct 2015. He served as Director of Admissions and Student Services at RPTS from Feb of 2016 to Dec 2023, when he was installed as pastor of Springs Reformed Church (RPCNA).