PASTOR ROBERT & FL TRACY BEARD
Our congregation comes together before God under the leadership of Pastor Robert Beard. A passionate speaker, a beacon of knowledge and a spiritual guide — we’re proud to call Pastor Beard our leader and a great example for all of our members.
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Pastor Robert Beard is the 8th of 12 children born to Thelma and JC Beard, and is a native of New Orleans, Louisiana. He is married to the former Tracy White-a pillar and stellar influence in our church, serving on the Praise Team and as Chair of the Women's Ministry-together they parent three children: Quandell, Favian, and Zoë, and are the proud grandparents of Quandranique, London, Joseph and Julius. At the age of 18, he was installed as a Deacon by Reverend W. Charles Ellis at St. Mark Baptist Church, New Orleans, LA where he served faithfully until 1998 when the family relocated to the Washington, DC area. In 1998, he united as a Deacon with Shiloh Baptist Church of Alexandria, Virginia under the leadership of Reverend Robert Lewis Taylor. After accepting his call into the Gospel ministry in 1999, he prepared himself by attending the Evans-Smith Leadership Training Institute in Alexandria, VA and the District of Columbia Bible Institute where he majored in Biblical Studies. In May 2000, he graduated from the Liberty Bible College in Lynchburg, Virginia with a diploma in Theological Studies. In October 2001, he was licensed to preach by Rev. Lee A. Earl, Pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church, and in 2004 he was ordained to the Gospel Ministry where he served in the capacity of Assistant to the Pastor and Youth Pastor. In 2007, he joined Unity Baptist Church, Forestville, Maryland where he served under the leadership of Reverend Carl Bennett as Assistant to the Pastor. In February 2008, after being found faithful, God called him to an even greater responsibility, as the Pastor of Unity Baptist Church. Under his leadership as Pastor the following ministries were implemented to help meet the needs of the total individual and the church body as a whole: Bible Study, Sunday School, Evangelism, Hospitality, Culinary, Outreach and a Women’s Fellowship Ministry. He also began a yearly church retreat and a quarterly dining fellowship. As a result, the ministerial staff and the congregation have grown as God’s word is being preached, taught and modeled. Pastor Beard has ordained three sons/daughters into the Gospel Ministry. In 2011, he continued his religious studies by enrolling in the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology, Richmond, Virginia where he received his Master of Divinity degree in May 2015. Pastor Beard believes that God has called every believer to a work whereby God has gifted them in different areas of ministry for the edification of the body of believers. Pastor Beard has preached and taught at several Men’s Prayer Breakfast, Revivals and Special Occasions throughout the United States. He also established a quarterly forum where Pastors and Ministers discuss their ideas and philosophy as it relates to ministry and even preaching the Word of God. Pastor Beard is also involved in the Prince Georges County Ministers Association. Pastor Beard’s main focus is to share the Word of God and the Love of God with as many people as possible in order to bring them to saving knowledge of God. There are several scriptures which have inspired him on his journey but his favorite passage of scripture is Romans 8:1: “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in CHRIST JESUS who walk not after the flesh but after the spirit.”
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