Robert B KeetonRobert Bryan Keeton was born September 25, 1954, in Monticello, Kentucky. On December 10, 1981, at the age of 27 he was saved, in his home after studying a chapter with his wife, from a booklet entitled After Salvation. The booklet was one that the Rck of Ages Prison Ministry handed out to those incarcerated in prisons all across America. Ironically, this is the ministry in which he would later serve the Lord. Two years later God began to deal with his heart to preach. God continued to deal with his heart for nearly three more years, and on August 19, 1986, he surrendered to preach God's Word. Robert owned and operated his own business. As time passed, God began to open doors of opportunity for him to preach in nursing homes and churches. The responsibilities of the business that he once loved became more of a burden because of the call of God upon his life. He was open to any opportunities God allowed. In April 1987, he agreed to go on a prison revival that Dr. Ron Gearis had invited him to go to as a volunteer with the Rock of Ages Prison Ministry. The revival was at the Parchman State Prison in Clarksdale, Mississippi. It was there that God broke his heart for the spiritual need he saw among the prisoners. After returning from the prison revival, on April 10, 1987, God confirmed through His Word (To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. Luke 1:79) that the Rock of Ages Prison Ministry was where God wanted him to serve as a missionary. On April 14, 1987 the Board of Directors met and interviewed Robert and his family, and they were accepted that day as missionaries. He was ordained and sent out from his church on August 16, 1987. Robert and his family stepped out by faith to serve the Lord in the call that God had placed upon their lives. For the next eleven and one half years their home would be mobile in a Fifth Wheel Recreational Vehicle (RV) to accomplish taking the Word of God to the prisoners. They traveled from prison to prison as God opened opportunities for them to do so. They are no longer in the RV but now reside in Cleveland, Tennessee, where they continue to serve with the Rock of Ages Prison Ministry. Robert has served the Lord in the Rock of Ages Prison Ministry in many positions such as: Revival Team member, Revival Team Coordinator, International (Foreign) Team Coordinator, Director of Training, Executive Director of Rock of Ages College of Biblical Studies, and is presently serving as the Director of Education. His present position has him directing or overseeing the training of all Rock of Ages Ministries Missionaries and volunteers for prison, military, and the public school ministry. He is also over the Rock of Ages College of Biblical Studies and Theological Seminary with over 230 external study students. Another department under his supervision is the Discipleship Institute, which is also a Bible Study program by correspondence made available to the prisoners, church members, school students, and military personnel. Presently there are approximately 24,000 students (in eight countries) studying God's Word through this program. Robert has earned a Bachelor of Divinity, Masters in Religious Education from Great Plains Baptist College, a Doctor of Religious Education from American Baptist College, and a Doctor of Theology from Rock of Ages Theological Seminary. Presently Robert serves as a member of the Executive Staff and a member of the Board of Directors of the Rock of Ages Ministries. Robert has been educating missionaries concerning the religion of Islam from January 1996 to present day. He has also conducted informational seminars in several churches on the subject of Islam and their connections with the end times or last days. God has burdened his heart to equip the children of God not only to know about but to know how to deal with this religion. Read More Read Less