Reverend Lee’s Central Values, Character, and Communication of Purpose
Central Values:
• Together (Fellowship) -- I seek to love my family and church family more deeply each day (Matthew 22:39).
• Reach (Evangelism) – I will share my faith in Christ to help grow God’s kingdom (Acts 1:8).
• Uplift (Worship) -- I seek to love Jesus more deeply each day (Mt. 22:37).
• Teach (Discipleship) -- I desire to grow to be more like Jesus in word and deed (Phil. 2:5).
• Help (Ministry) -- I want to grow in my vocation and calling as a pastor (Jer. 31:10; Jn.10).
It has been said that “Character is who you are when no one is looking.” Christ is the model for our character as Christians. Each day, I pray that I will become more and more like Jesus. Through his grace, I seek to clothe myself [in Christ] (Col. 3:10) and will seek to improve myself and make better decisions. 2 Peter 1:3-11 guides me: “I am called; I have great promises of God; goodness, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness, brotherly kindness, and love add to my faith and will keep me from being ineffective and unproductive in the knowledge of Jesus Christ – without these attributes, I am shortsighted and blind – they help me be sure of my calling and I will not stumble; I will enter God’s eternal kingdom.”
Communication of Purpose:
My life purpose is to live a lifestyle worship, to love my family and church family, to reflect Christ in word and deed, to serve as a pastor, and to help fulfill the Great Commission. As a pastor, I am called to equip all people with the tools to be ministers; to empower all people to do ministry; and to encourage all people as they serve in ministry.
Personal Information:
Pastor Bob graduated from the Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond in 1998 and has served as pastor at New Highland since July 1998. This year is his tenth year in the pastorate here at NHBC. He and his wife Melanie have one daughter. Bob started work on his Doctor of Ministry at Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education in 2007. Bob enjoys spending time with his family, running, NASCAR, working in the yard, and reading.
Before entering seminary, Pastor Bob was employed as a Senior Claims Adjuster with a large Property and Casualty Insurer. He worked in this field for six years after graduating from Winthrop College in 1989 (www.winthrop.edu). He received a call to ministry while a member of First Baptist Church in Orangeburg, SC. He and Melanie left their jobs, sold their home, and moved to Richmond to start seminary at BTSR (www.btsr.edu). Melanie is in the Marketing Industry and in employed with an agency in Richmond.
