|
Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, March 10, 2005
Minister slowing down after 42 years as pastor
A former Ringgold county resident is stepping down from full-time pastoral work after 42 years of continuous ministry.
Dr. Robert ANDERSON, a 1956 graduate of Mount Ayr high school, retired from the Tacoma, WA church he has served, but will
continue to serve on the Missions Council of the Presbyterian Missionary Union and will travel occasionally on missions
trips. Currently he and his wife, Nancy, are spending a few months laboring in Western Australia. Reverend ANDERSON was
born and raised on an Iowa farm, the son of Helen (VANCE) ANDERSON and the late Wayne ANDERSON of Creston. The family
lived in Arispe, Shannon City and Tingley areas as he was groing up and he graduated from Mount Ayr high school. His
grandparents were the late George and Jennie (LESAN) VANCE from Ringgold county and Martin and Bertha (ROBERTSON) ANDERSON
from the Arispe and Shannon City area. Reverend ANDERSON attended Sterling College in Kansas and Shelton College in
New Jersey. He graduated from Faith Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, PA in 1962. He ministered for three years in
Maryville, TN, after which he, along with his wife Nancy, moved to Tacoma, WA, in February 1967 to pastor the Tacoma Bible
Presbyterian Church. During his time there, he was involved in starting the annual youth camp at Kalispell, MN in 1969, the
Heritage Christian School in 1972, the Western Reformed Seminary in 1983 and the Presbyterian Missionary Union in 1985.
Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, October of 2012
To submit your Ringgold County items, contact
The County Coordinator.
Please include the word "Ringgold" in the subject line. Thank you.
| 
