Mooresville Baptist Church

Bob Rush's Story

(Life and Family)

I was born on May 7, 1942, in the house where my parents lived in Opine, Alabama.  Both of my parents are deceased as well as a brother who died before I was born.  I have one brother living who is 6 years older than I am.  I graduated from Thomasville High School in 1960 and went to work for an electrical contractor after graduation.  I worked for that company until 1966 when I surrendered to the ministry.  I met my wife, Margaret, in the fall of 1965, and on our first date she asked me to marry her.  Three months later I gave her an engagement ring, and seven months later we were married.  God gave us two girls, Samantha and Paula, and one son Matthew.  We have since added two more sons.  Paul is married to Paula and Robby is married to Samantha.  We have three Grandsons.  Carson and Cameron belong to Samantha and Rush belongs to Paula.  Paula also gave us our granddaughter, Molly Parker.  

Bob Rush's Story (Education and Ministry)

I was licensed to the ministry by my home church, Bashan Baptist, on May 14, 1967, and I was ordained on September 10, 1967.  I graduated from Mobile College on August 10,1973, and from the New Orleans Baptist Seminary on May 14,1977.  God has allowed me to pastor nine churches in Alabama, Louisiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee.  I look forward to retiring from Mooresville Baptist when God says, "do it", and just preach where He sends me to fill in until He says "Get up here" and I take my flight to His home.  I asked God for two things in the early days of my ministry.  I asked Him to let me be married for fifty years (that happened in June of 2016), and I asked Him to let me pastor for fifty years (that will happen in September of 2017).  So if I hear Him say "get up here now" on September 11 of this year I will die a blessed man.  Right now I am the best pastor MBC has ever had and I have the best wife and the best family a man can ask for.  

Note - Brother Bob is the only pastor Mooresville Baptist has ever had.  Gary Bailey