Pastor Bob Myers was born in Jackson, Michigan
in 1945. His parents had moved there to
work in wartime production. He and his
family soon moved back to Kentucky where he
attended New Concord
Grade School and Murray College
High School. He trusted the Lord Jesus Christ as his
savior in 1958 and was baptized into the Poplar Spring
Baptist Church. He has four brothers and one sister. Both his parents are deceased. He served in the U.S. Navy in Vietnam and later finished his tour in Hawaii. He returned to western Kentucky
in 1966 and attended Murray
State University
where he earned a Bachelor’s degree, returning in 1987 to earn a Masters
degree. He and his wife, Diana were married in 1968.
He was called by the Lord to the gospel ministry in 1974 while kneeling
in prayer in his back yard. In following
years he did missionary work in western Kentucky,
Dover, Tennessee,
Cairo Illinois,
Cape Girardeau, Missouri,
and Washington State.
He pastored Harmony
Missionary Baptist
Church from 1982-84. From 1993 to the present he has also been
employed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a Wildlife Biologist in
Wildlife Services, stationed in Louisville, Kentucky and later, in Washington, D.C. While in Washington, D.C.
Pastor and Sister Myers conducted a number of outreach projects including
ministering and witnessing to the elderly, disabled, and underprivileged, and
Pastor Myers preached the gospel at churches and to acquaintances. Pastor and Sister Myers returned to Benton County, Tennessee
to again pastor Harmony
Missionary Baptist
Church in May, 2006.
Sister
Diana Myers was born in Calloway
County, where she grew up
in a quiet rural atmosphere with four sisters and three brothers. Both of her parents are deceased. Sister Myers attended Almo
Elementary School and Calloway County High School. She and Pastor Myers have two adult children,
Deanne and Michael who live in Louisville,
Kentucky. They also have a grand-daughter, Noelle
Elizabeth, who lives with her mother, Deanne, and dad, Russell, in Louisville.
Pastor
Myers believes that the Lord has established Harmony
Missionary Baptist
Church for the express purpose of
sharing the joy of the message of Jesus Christ with the Benton
County / Camden
community and surrounding areas of west Tennessee. He actively seeks opportunity to tell others
about the abounding grace of our Lord and the abundant salvation He
offers. He sincerely believes that
people need to know about the truth of Christ that is able to make them free
(John 8:32).