Bob Baptist  joined the staff as Pastoral Counselor on June 11, 1992.  He is a Board Certified Counselor trained in Individual, Premarital and Marriage counseling.  In addition, he is trained in Exchanged Life, Theophostic Prayer Ministry, Spiritual Warfare, Grief and Loss, Critical Incident and Crisis counseling as well as Addiction counseling.  He is a member of the American Association of Christian Counselors and is an Alternate Dispute Resolution Mediator.  Bob graduated from the University of Kansas with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science.  He served in the United States Army with the rank of Captain as an aviator.  He retired from American Eagle Airlines after 33 years as Captain.  He and his wife Mary have one son, Bobby and daughter-in-law Melanie.