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Janet Anderson Blankenship<br>

Janet Anderson Blankenship<br>

'''Parents''':<br>

'''Parents''':<br>

Alvin, Sr., and Edith Anderson  

Alvin, Sr., and Edith Anderson<br>

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[[Louisiana State University}}

'''Robert Edwin Anderson, Sr.''', known as '''Bro. Bob Anderson''' (April 29, 1934<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/robert-anderson/e12666949122?tvr=tvr001|title=Robert Anderson of Baton Rouge, Louisiana|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=December 18, 2018}}</ref> &ndash; December 13, 2018), was a [[Southern Baptist]] [[clergy]]man from primarily the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]]. As the eighth pastor of Parkview Baptist Church from 1974 to 1996, he oversaw a growth in the congregation from 250 to 3,000.<ref name=obit/> The newspaper obituary lists the growth in attendance from one thousand to five thousand.<ref name=theadvocate>{{cite web|url=https://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=robert-e-anderson-bro-bob&pid=190997857&fhid=17444|title=Reverend Robert E. "Brother Bob" Anderson|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=December14, 2018|accessdate=December 18, 2018}}</ref> In 1981, he established the Parkview Baptist School, an accredited [[kindergarten]] through twelfth grade, in which he remained  active after retiring as the Parkview pastor.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.actionnews17.com/news/reverend-robert-e-bro-bob-anderson-2401528|title=Reverend Robert E. "Bro. Bob" Anderson|publisher=Action News 17|accessdate=December 18, 2018}}</ref>

'''Robert Edwin Anderson, Sr.''', known as '''Bro. Bob Anderson''' (April 29, 1934<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/robert-anderson/e12666949122?tvr=tvr001|title=Robert Anderson of Baton Rouge, Louisiana|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=December 18, 2018}}</ref> &ndash; December 13, 2018), was a [[Southern Baptist]] [[clergy]]man from primarily the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]]. As the eighth pastor of Parkview Baptist Church from 1974 to 1996, he oversaw a growth in the congregation from 250 to 3,000.<ref name=obit/> The newspaper obituary lists the growth in attendance from one thousand to five thousand.<ref name=theadvocate>{{cite web|url=https://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=robert-e-anderson-bro-bob&pid=190997857&fhid=17444|title=Reverend Robert E. "Brother Bob" Anderson|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=December14, 2018|accessdate=December 18, 2018}}</ref> In 1981, he established the Parkview Baptist School, an accredited [[kindergarten]] through twelfth grade, in which he remained  active after retiring as the Parkview pastor.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.actionnews17.com/news/reverend-robert-e-bro-bob-anderson-2401528|title=Reverend Robert E. "Bro. Bob" Anderson|publisher=Action News 17|accessdate=December 18, 2018}}</ref>

==Career==

==Career==

Anderson was mentored by Dr. T. C. Pennell, his pastor at Ingleside Baptist Church in Shreveport. He graduated from East Texas Baptist University and subsequenty earned his Masters of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in [[Fort Worth]]. He took post-graduate studies in [[psychology]] at [[ Louisiana State University]] in Baton Rouge. He was honored in 1987 by the International Bible Institute and Seminary in [[Orlando]], [[Florida]] wth a Doctor of Divinity degree. His first pastorate was at Lone Oak Baptist Church in Harleton in Harrison County in east Texas. From there, he went to Parkhurst Baptist in Shreveport, then was associate pastor at  his home church, Ingleside, In the 1960s, he was also the pastor of Dixie Heights Baptist Church in Fort Worth and Ford Park Baptist in Shreveport. From 1969 to 1973,he was the associate executive director of the Louisiana Moral and Civic Foundation in Baton Rouge, at which he was charged with youth evangelism.<ref name=obit/>

Anderson was mentored by Dr. T. C. Pennell, his pastor at Ingleside Baptist Church in Shreveport. He graduated from East Texas Baptist University and subsequenty earned his Master's of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in [[Fort Worth]]. He took post-graduate studies in [[psychology]] at [[Louisiana State University]] in Baton Rouge. He was honored in 1987 by the International Bible Institute and Seminary in [[Orlando]], [[Florida]] wth a Doctor of Divinity degree. His first pastorate was at Lone Oak Baptist Church in Harleton in Harrison County in east Texas. From there, he went to Parkhurst Baptist in Shreveport, then was associate pastor at  his home church, Ingleside, In the 1960s, he was also the pastor of Dixie Heights Baptist Church in Fort Worth and Ford Park Baptist in Shreveport. From 1969 to 1973,he was the associate executive director of the Louisiana Moral and Civic Foundation in Baton Rouge, at which he was charged with youth evangelism.<ref name=obit/>

Anderson delivered his first sermon as pastor of Parkview Church on October 15, 1974. For the preceding three decades, Parkview had been a quiet church in south Baton Rouge, but it exploded over the following twenty-two years of Anderson's tenure there. With a rapid influx of believers came a burgeoning Sunday school which created the need for classrooms. Anderson thought that classrooms should be used daily, not just on Sundays .He managed to convince a reluctant church governing board to establish a full-time school. Parkview Baptist School today is one of only three hundred fully accredited private schools in eleven states.<ref name=obit/>  

Anderson delivered his first sermon as pastor of Parkview Church on October 15, 1974. For the preceding three decades, Parkview had been a quiet church in south Baton Rouge, but it exploded over the following twenty-two years of Anderson's tenure there. With a rapid influx of believers came a burgeoning Sunday school which created the need for classrooms. Anderson thought that classrooms should be used daily, not just on Sundays .He managed to convince a reluctant church governing board to establish a full-time school. Parkview Baptist School today is one of only three hundred fully accredited private schools in eleven states.<ref name=obit/>