The Rev. Dr. Rob Martin, who formerly was minister at the First United Methodist Church in Paris, will be appointed to become Metro District Superintendent. He currently is Assistant to the Bishop.
Dr. Martin’s appointment followed the announcement of Rev. Dr. David Weatherly accepting the position of President/CEO of the Foundation and Development Fund with the United Methodist Foundation for the Tennessee-Western Kentucky Annual Conference.
Dr. Robert “Rob” Martin has served as the Assistant to the Bishop of the Tennessee-Western Kentucky Conference since July 1, 2020. “I am excited to return to the Metro District and the Memphis area where I served local churches for the first 17 years of my ministry and will work to strengthen local churches as an extension of the bishop’s office in the Metro District,” he said.
He has served in the Metro Memphis area as associate pastor at St. John’s (1990 – 1994) and St. Luke’s (1994 – 2001) United Methodist Churches in Memphis and was the founding pastor of Faith United Methodist Church in neighboring Oakland, Tennessee (2001 – 2008). Rob also served as the pastor of First United Methodist Church, Paris, Tennessee (2009 – 2017) and as the Purchase District Superintendent (2017 – 2020).
He served as the Co-Chair of the New Conference Guide team that facilitated the formation of the Tennessee-Western Kentucky Conference (TWK) on January 1, 2022, and currently serves as Co-Facilitator of the TWK Connectional Table. Additionally, he was a delegate to the 2020 General Conference.
He is married to Amy, a deacon in the Tennessee-Western Kentucky Conference, who currently serves Reidland UMC, Paducah, KY. They have two adult daughters, Brittany and Ashley.