About The Pastor

with the organized church. In 1977, they providentially came under the teaching of the
doctrines of grace, five point Calvinism, which was like nothing they had ever heard before.
The Lord graciously enabled him to see the truth of the doctrines in the Scriptures. As he had
not yet settled on a career, he spent five years working in a Reformed book store which gave
him a providential opportunity to explore many areas of the doctrines as well as confronting
error and heresy. Having always been studious, he was also able to build a substantial library
of biblical helps. Pastor Bob had spent many years teaching Sunday School in various
churches, and as he became grounded in the doctrines, the Lord enabled him to begin
teaching the truth. In 1987 he completed studies in computer science and found employment
in the aerospace industry. That same year their daughter, Elanor, was born. Since 1989 he has
been employed on the V-22 Osprey project in Indianapolis. During this time, in 2003 the
Lord brought them to Church of the Good Shepherd in Indianapolis. This began as a small
Calvinistic Southern Baptist Church but was in the process of becoming reformed. In 2006, he
began preaching for the first time along with his work of teaching Sunday School, and he was
made a second elder. The founding elder left in 2007 and Pastor Bob stepped into the position
of preaching elder (interim pastor). The next year enabled the church to verify his calling as
their pastor, which they confirmed by vote in 2008. After a year of considering the necessity
of a constitution, the church became Providence Reformed Baptist Church. To God be the
glory.

Pastor Bob came to the ministry later in life
and in a round-about way. Even though his
parents are believers, the teaching he
received growing up was five point
Arminian and fully pentecostal (use of
extraordinary gifts). He came under
conviction of sin in his early years and was
saved the summer following his senior year
in high school. While studying psychology
at Long Beach State College in Southern
California, he became part of Inter-Varsity
Christian Fellowship where he was exposed
for the first time to an intellectual approach
to Christianity. At this time (1967) there
was also still a slightly Reformed emphasis
to I-V. He continued his association with
I-V at Indiana University where he met his
wife, Peggy. He was pursuing a doctorate in
Clinical Psychology, and while at IU he went
through a philosophical crisis regarding the
nature of man as presented in the teaching
of behavioristic psychology versus the
teaching of Scripture. He came out on the
side of Christianity. At the same time, he
and Peggy had become disillusioned