Email Dr. Bob: drbob@fccstjoseph.org
Bob serves as the Senior Minister, overseeing the staff, designing and
coordinating worship and pastoral care, preaching, teaching, and
facilitating communication between boards and other church groups. His
great pleasures are welcoming, worshiping, preaching, caring for
whoever crosses his path, and continually discovering the abundance of
riches found in the Scriptures. He values Christian involvement in
two-thirds world cultures, having been on short-term mission trips to
the Yucatan and, most recently, a vision trip to Russia.
Raised
in the U.C.C., like many others Bob regarded Confirmation as graduation
from the church. Following an encounter with God as an infantryman in
Vietnam, he earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in Biblical
Studies from Oral Roberts University (there’s a tale to tell!), studied
at Princeton Theological Seminary, and received a Ph.D. in Old
Testament from Drew University. After years of experience in
evangelical (including Charismatic) and mainline Protestant realms, he
returned to the U.C.C. in 1984. He has a deep appreciation for all
facets of Christianity and appreciates the U.C.C. for its emphasis on
being a uniting church, which encourages the blending of faith and
reason.
Bob and his wife Betty (who is deeply
committed to and involved in Christian Education), were married in
1970. Raised in Michigan, they have lived in Oklahoma, New Jersey, and
Florida. They have three perfect adult children and three faultlessly
adorable grandchildren (and they’ll stretch the truth about other
people near and dear to their hearts).
Bob has served as FCC's Senior Minister since 2002.