Background
Touchton, Bobby Jay was born on December 9, 1962 in Burlington, North Carolina, United States. Son of Charles E. Junior and Linda L. (Burke) Touchton.
Touchton, Bobby Jay was born on December 9, 1962 in Burlington, North Carolina, United States. Son of Charles E. Junior and Linda L. (Burke) Touchton.
Bachelor, Wake Forest University, 1985. Master of Divinity, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1988. Doctor in Ministry, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1994.
Minister youth, senior adults, Southside Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1983-1985; minister youth and education, Chapel Park Baptist Church, Louisville, 1985-1987; pastor, Covington Baptist Church, Westport, Kentucky, 1988-1989; pastor, 1st Baptist Church, Big Stone Gap, Virginia, 1989-1994; pastor, Olive Chapel Baptist Church, Apex, North Carolina, 1994-1997; chaplain for Federal Correctional Institution,, bureau of Prisons, Justice Department, Ashland, Kentucky, since 1997. Member Executive Committee Wise (Virginia) Baptist Association, 1989-1994, ASSISTeam for Pilot Mountain Baptist Association, Winston-Salem, 1984-1985.
Volunteer American Red Cross, 1979, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Winston-Salem, 1982-1983. Volunteer chaplain Lonesome Pine Hospital, Big Stone Gap, Virginia, 1989-1992. Trustee Virginia Baptist Homes, Culpeper, Virginia, 1992-1994.
Chairman constitution and by-laws committee Wise (Virginia) Baptist Association, 1992-1994. Member Big Stone Gap Ministerial Association.
Married Trina D. Beach, June 22, 1985.