Meet The Pastor
Reverend Bob Robinson
After a 30 year career in public education where Bob served as a high school teacher, coach, and principal, upon retirement in 2006 he entered into full time pastoral ministry. Bob served at Portlock United Methodist Church (Chesapeake) for ten years and is in his first year at Messiah. Bob graduated from the College of William and Mary with a Bachelor of Arts in History. He earned a Master Science in Educational Leadership from Old Dominion University and an Advanced Certificate in Educational Leadership from George Washington University. He completed his seminary training at the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University and was ordained an Elder in Full Connection with the Virginia United Methodist Annual Conference in 2011. Bob and his wife, Barbara, are both originally from Maryland’s Eastern Shore but have lived in Chesapeake for 37 years. They have three adult daughters, Margaret, Amanda, and Anna.