Bob has been an American Baptist pastor since his ordination in 1965. After serving congregations in Brooklyn and Queens he served the First Baptist Church of Mt. Holly, NJ as senior pastor from 1975 to 2002. Since taking an “early retirement” in 2002 he has been working as a volunteer on the staff of International Ministries, ABCUSA as “Special Assistant for Prayer and Pastoral Care.” He functions as chaplain to the missionaries and staff, traveling periodically to visit missionaries on the field and calling persons and congregations to pray for them and their ministry. Before coming to First Baptist Church of Pitman as interim pastor in March of 2009 he served two congregations as interim pastor: Hatboro Baptist Church in Pennsylvania from September 2004 to February 2006 and the First Baptist Church of Collingswood, New Jersey from September 2006 to November 2008. For the last fifteen years Bob has been giving leadership to the Greater Philadelphia Renewal Movement (GPRM), a ministry calling pastors to extended times of prayer and renewal. Bob, widowed in 2002, married the former Barbara Jean Eckart on July 1, 2006. They live in Mount Holly, New Jersey. Together they have three children and eight grandchildren.