The Ministry and Purpose of the Associate Pastor

ROBERT L. SHEPPARD EARNED BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA TAMPA, FLORIDA; MASTER’S DEGREE OF THEOLOGY FLORIDA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY LAKELAND, FLORIDA; MASTER’S DEGREE OF DIVINITY LOUISIANA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA. SHEPPARD IS AN ORDAINED ASSOCIATE PASTOR AT GALILEE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA. HE CURRENTLY SERVES UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF REV. EARNEST JONES, SENIOR PASTOR. SHEPPARD IS RETIRED AND RESIDES WITH WIFE LILLIE B. THEY HAVE THREE SONS AND EIGHT GRANDCHILDREN. THEY MAKE THEIR HOME IN LAKEWOOD ESTATES ST. PETERSBURG FLORIDA.

“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord” (1 Corinthians 15:58 KJV).