Robert
Persky started attending the WCG in Houston, Texas, in 1960 when he was 15 years old. His
parents started attending later.
Robert
Persky started attending the WCG in Houston, Texas, in 1960 when he was 15 years old. His
parents started attending later.
After studying electrical engineering at the University of Houston for one year, he transferred to Ambassador College in Big Sandy and became a member of the pioneer class in 1964. He graduated in 1968.
One year later, he married Kay Hyde. They have three sons and two daughters-in-law, Ted of Euless, Texas, Neal and Jodie of Euless, Brad and Sharby of Bowling Green, Kentucky; and a daughter and son-in-law, Livia and John Matteson of Orlando, Florida. All of their children have attended Ambassador University.
Mrs. Persky began working as a beauty salon receptionist. She is renewing her cosmetology license. She joins her husband on district trips, where she speaks, leads worship and sings.
Mr. Persky+s first assignment, the summer before his senior year at Ambassador, was in South Bend, Indiana, and Grand Rapids, Michigan. Upon graduation he assisted in Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, Indiana.
His first pastorate was in Lafayette, Indiana, and Champaign, Illinois. Later he pastored in Roanoke, Virginia; Charleston, South Carolina, and Savannah, Georgia; Bowling Green, Kentucky, and Clarksville, Tennessee, and as interim pastor in Elizabethtown, Kentucky.
Mr. Persky became district superintendent of the Bowling Green district in January 1996. The Perskys were transferred to Orlando, Florida, in February 1999. He supervises 16 churches and one house church in Florida. They are pastored by seven vocational pastors and five bivocational pastors.
The following pastors, wives and congregations are in the Florida district.
Sarasota, Florida: Guy and Helen Ames
West Palm Beach, Florida: Roger and Martha Burrow
Jacksonville, Florida, and Brunswick, Georgia: Marty and Yvonne Davey
Fort Myers, Florida: Carl and Annabel Dayhoff
Clearwater, Florida: Steve and Mary Ann Brown
Boca Raton and Port St. Lucie, Florida: Larry and Joanne Hinkle
Tampa and Lakeland, Florida: Pete and Eileen Kendall
Miami, Florida, South: Ted and Anlacy Ralph
Orlando and Melbourne, Florida: Steve and Carol Schantz
Gainesville and Ocala, Florida: Ken and Marki Smylie
Miami, Florida: Charles and Keysha Taylor
Keys, Florida, house church: Carrol and Millie Williams
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