Bob Brite, Transitional Pastor

Bob started ministry at FCC Minneapolis in February, 2008, with the specific 2-5 year task of leading FCC through a time of transition which has included, to this point, the sale of the FCC facility.  The church has the next 4 – 7 years to figure out their next moves.

Bob was born in Wichita, Kansas, grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, attended Indiana University and Christian Theological Seminary in Indiana, and then spent most of his career in ministry in Illinois (with a short stint in Iowa), serving pastorates in Peoria, IL, and Winterset, IA, before going on to an 8 year stint on the Regional Staff for Illinois/Wisconsin, where he ran the youth/camp programs, ecumenical ministries, Christian nurture, and regional assemblies.  Bob then went to Pekin, IL, as senior pastor for 8 years.  Bob came to Minneapolis from Indianapolis, where he lived for 3 years after leaving Illinois and ministry for a time; during that three years, among other things, he learned the honorable art of bartending.

Bob has formal training in event planning, fund raising, strategic planning, purpose-driven church organizations, and other facets of ministry.  He is also a musician, writer, and lover of the musical theatre.

Bob is single, has two daughters, Corrie, who is a senior at Bradley University in Peoria, IL, and Katie, who is starting as a freshperson at Princeton Univeristy in Princeton, New Jersey, in the fall of 2009.