Background
Thompson, Robert Jaye was born on November 4, 1951 in Coffeyville, Kansas, United States. Son of Julis Levi and Verna Belle Thompson.
Thompson, Robert Jaye was born on November 4, 1951 in Coffeyville, Kansas, United States. Son of Julis Levi and Verna Belle Thompson.
Associate of Arts in History, Coffeyville Community Junior College, 1971. Bachelor in History, Pittsburg (Kansas) State University, 1973. Master of Divinity cum laude, Memphis Theological Seminary, 1991.
Pastor Sweet Home Baptist Church, Dardanelle, Arkansas, 1983-1988. Associate pastor Springdale Baptist Church, Memphis, 1988-1992. Instructor Tennessee School of Religion, 1989-1992.
Assistant dean Regular Arkansas Baptist Home and Foreign Mission Convention, since 1994. Chaplain intern Federal Correctional Institution, Memphis, 1990. Instructor National Baptist Congress of Christian Education, since 1994.
Supply pastor Greenfield Presbyterian Church, Waterford, Mississippi, 1990-1992. Pastor New Prospect Baptist Church, Russellville, Arkansas, 1992-1998, Barraque St. Baptist Church, Pine Bluff, since 1998. Treasurer Antioch District Association, Fort Smith, Arkansas, 1987-1988.
Instructor Antioch District Congress of Christian Education, 1993-1998, youth minister, 1987-1989, 94-98. Secretary Fort Smith Interdenominational Association, 1984-1988. Sergeant Guardsmark, Inc., Memphis, 1989-1992.
Program coordinator Russellville Area Ministerial Association, 1994. Board directors Help Network. Member steering committee National Day of Prayer, Russellville, 1994-1995.
Instructor Regular Arkansas Baptist Congress Christian Education, since 1996.
Director general Antioch Congress of Christian Education, 1993-1996, instructor, 1993-1998. Director general Fort Smith, Arkansas Second vice president. Treasurer Antioch District Association, Fort Smith, 1995-1998.
President-elect Russellville Area Ministerial Association, 1995, president, 1996. Chairman National Day of Prayer Russellville, 1995-1996. Block worker American Heart Association, Memphis, 1991.
Student body president Memphis Theological Seminary, 1990-1991. Board directors Shelter of Sunshine, Russellville, 1995-1998, president-elect, 1996-1997, president, 1997-1998. Member Board of Adjustment, Russellville, 1996-1997, vice president board adjustment, 1997.
President Race Relations Task Force, Russellville, 1995-1998. Historian Regular Arkansas Baptist Convention, since 1995. Member Black christian Pastors' and Ministers' Fellowship, Multi-district Baptist Ministers Conference, district committee Boy Scouts American.
Member Memphis Baptist Ministers Association, Russellville Area Ministerial Association (president 1996), Rotary International.
Married Carolyn Robinson, August 23, 1971. Children: Montie Shannon, Monica Shea, Marquis Shane, Marissa Seana, Terry Dwight, Mycal Shanton, Montre Sean.