Butch and his wife DeDe have been married over 41 years; have 3 married children, and 3 grandchildren.  Butch is especially excited to serve at Fairway, a church he assisted in planting in 1999.  He started on staff as the Associate Minister of Involvement and Outreach and in October of 2020, he was called to become Fairway’s new Preaching Minister.

    Butch is a Veteran having served in the USAF.  He was called out of the military into the ministry in 1983.  Butch holds a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Preaching from Florida Christian College (now Johnson University Florida) and has a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from PBA.  He has served in the Preaching Ministry for over 30 years.

                                          Robert “Bob” Harris                                                 Associate Minister of Pastoral Care

Bob was born in central Virginia and spent most of his early years there. He and Kathy were high school sweethearts and will be married 45 years in November. They have two married sons, five granddaughters and one grandson. Bob and Kathy moved to the Villages in June 2016 and discovered Fairway Christian Church. They became members in January 2017. Both Bob and Kathy enjoy our church services and both have felt inspired, welcomed and loved here at Fairway.

     Bob received his undergraduate and master’s degree in business which served him well in his first career. He received a second master’s degree from Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary with a concentration in Pastoral Counseling. He was ordained as a Minister of the Gospel in 2010 and served six years as a Pastoral Counselor and Care Ministry Director at Cedar Creek Church in Aiken, SC.  Bob considers his second career and his current work as a servant of God to be proof that we spend a lifetime being shaped by God to do the work He sent us here to do. (Jeremiah 29:11) “For I know the plans I have for you…..”