REV. DR. ROB TOWNSEND
Pastor, Moore’s Chapel Global Methodist Church
Dr. Townsend is currently serving as the pastor of Moore’s Chapel Global Methodist Church in Northern Cecil County, Maryland. He is also the Presiding Elder for the Northern Maryland District and the Dean of the Appointive Cabinet of the Northeast Annual Conference of the Global Methodist Church.
Previously in the United Methodist Church, Rob served on the Peninsula-Delaware Annual Conference Cabinet as the Salisbury District Superintendent and later as the Conference Director of Connectional Ministries. Rob served on all the former four districts of the Peninsula-Delaware Conference. He served as Senior Pastor at Hockessin United Methodist Church in Hockessin, DE. from 2014-18. He served as Senior Pastor of Bethesda UMC in downtown Salisbury from 2008-2014. He previously served as pastor at Grace UMC in Millsboro, DE. from 2003-08 and as pastor of Asbury UMC in Millington, MD., Crumpton UMC in Crumpton, MD and Double Creek UMC outside of Crumpton, MD from 1999 to 2003. Rob grew up on an Eastern Shore farm in Rock Hall, MD and was called into ministry his senior year of high school.
He holds a B.A. in Religion from Wake Forest University (1992), a Masters of Divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary (1999) and a Doctorate of Ministry from Asbury Theological Seminary (2017). Rob was commissioned a probationary member of the Peninsula-Delaware Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church in 2001 and ordained a full elder in 2004. Rob’s transferred his clergy credentials to the Global Methodist Church in 2023. He was inducted into the Order of the Flame of World Methodist Evangelism of the World Methodist Council in 2005. In 2011, the Northeastern Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church awarded Rob the Kim Jefferson Award for significant and effective urban ministry along with the covenant pastors of Salisbury Urban Ministries. Rob has served on various boards and committees of the annual and jurisdictional conferences. Most notably, he served as Chairperson of the conference Board of Ordained Ministry. Rob was elected to serve as a delegate to the United Methodist General Conferences in Portland (2016) and St. Louis (2019) as well as the Convening General Conference of the Global Methodist Church in Costa Rica (2024.)
Rob is married to Laura and they reside in Northern Delaware. Rob has three biological children: Sarah, a graduate of Asbury University in Kentucky, Leanne, a graduate of the University of Delaware and Joel, a junior at U.D. Rob is “Ojczym” (Polish for stepfather) to Kyle, a freshman at Liberty University, Luke, a high school junior, and Leah, a 8th grader. Rob is a diehard fan of the Baltimore Orioles, Baltimore Ravens, the Washington Commanders, and the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. He has a love for missions, reading, gardening, and hunting. Rob also competed on the Kansas City Barbeque Society competition circuit for 7 years with his team the Holy Hogs. They were “Smokin’ for Jesus.” His life verses are Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” (NIV) and Amos 7:15 “Then God took me off the farm and said, ‘Go preach to my people.” (MSG)
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