ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <title></title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="styles/style.css" /> <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/tFader.js"></script> <!--[if IE]><link href="styles/ie6.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"><![endif]--> </head> <body> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="wrapper"> <tr> <td> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="headerLogo"> <tr> <td id="navBar"> <ul> <li><a href="index.html">Our Church</a></li> <li><a href="about.html">About Us</a></li> <li><a href="ministries.html">Ministries</a></li> <li><a href="resources.html">E-Giving</a></li> <li><a href="events.html">Events Calendar </a></li> <li><a href="directions.html">Campaign Higher Ground</a></li> <li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="height:250px"><div id="logo"> <a href="index.html"> <img src="images/blank-lg.gif" alt="Home Page" width="390" height="135" /> <img alt="Animated_Earth" class="style1" longdesc="Earth.gif" src="Earth.gif" /> </a> </div></td> </tr> </table><!--END HEADER LOGO--> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="mainFull"> <tr> <td id="mainFullTp"></td> </tr> <tr> <td id="mainFullContent"> <h2 id="pastor">Pastor's Biography</h2><br /> <h4>Reverend Dr. Robert W. Perry</h4><br /> <img src="images/Rev Perry01 Color low res.JPG" class="imgleft" alt="pic"/> <p>Dr. Robert W. Perry is a native of New York, New York. He grew up and developed in Portsmouth, Virginia where he received his public school education. He is a graduate of Virginia Union University, Richmond, Virginia receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree and later a Master of Divinity from the School of Theology. He attended Law School at American University, Washington, DC; Union Theological Seminary, New York; and matriculated in the Master of Science program at the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut. Two honorary degrees were awarded to him from Virginia Seminary and College, Lynchburg, Virginia. Also an honorary degree was awarded to him from Virginia Union University in 2004. </p> <p>He is a Veteran of the Korean War where he received two bronze stars and attained the rank of Sergeant. </p> <p>Dr. Perry brought diverse experiences into his ministry, becoming the first African American to become a tariff agent for United Airlines in New York City. He was a social worker for the City of New York, an instructor at Norfolk State University Evening College, Head Start Visiting Teacher in Portsmouth, Virginia and Director of OIC, Southeastern Tidewater, Virginia. </p> <p>The many offices he has held include service as Past President of the Hampton Ministers Conference and Musicians Guild, Past President of the Stamford Council of Churches and Synagogues and Past President of the Connecticut State Missionary Baptist Convention. He presently serves as the Convener of the Interdenominational Ministers and Pastors Alliance Coalition (IMPAC). </p> <p>He holds membership in the Judah Baptist Association of the Connecticut State Missionary Baptist Convention. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Baptist Convention, Inc., USA. </p> <p>Dr. Perry is the Senior Pastor of the Union Baptist Church, Stamford, Connecticut where he has served for the past 37 years, and has completed a 5.3 million dollar church construction with the church serving as its own contractor. </p> <p>As a community activist in Connecticut, he was the first African American to serve on the Board of Ethics of the City of Stamford. He is currently serving his second term as a Fire Commissioner for the City of Stamford. He previously served as the Police Chaplain for the City of Stamford, as well as a Police Commissioner for the City of Stamford. He served on the advisory board for Fleet/Boston Bank Corporation. In 1988, he was appointed to the Governor s Task Force on Human Rights under Governor William A. O Neill of Connecticut. He was the recipient of The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Leadership Award from the state of Connecticut, at the Capitol Rotunda in Hartford on January 16, 2006. In celebration of Black History Month, he was a recipient of The Community Heroes Award at Turn of River Middle School in Stamford on February 12, 2007. He is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated. </p> <p>Dr. Perry is married to the former Odessa Brown. They have three children, three grandsons, one granddaughter, and two great-granddaughters. </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td id="mainFullBt"></td> </tr> </table> <!--END CONTENT --> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="footer"> <tr> <td id="footerTop"></td> </tr> <tr> <td id="footerMid"></td> </tr> <tr> <td id="footerBottom"></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>