Bob Chambers
A former public school choir teacher, fulltime Southern Baptist music minister, and professor of music at a Bible college, Bob Chambers holds two degrees from Texas Christian University and the Doctor of Musical Arts in Church Music degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. At age twenty-five, he began a two-year tenure as Instructor of Elementary Music Education at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. Twenty-five years later he returned to college teaching at Johnson University Tennessee, retiring as Professor of Music in 2017.
A lifelong Southern Baptist, he also served in Disciples of Christ, United Methodist, and Presbyterian churches. As an ordained minister, he served local churches in Kentucky, Virginia, Texas, and Tennessee. He served as an associational leader for Southern Baptists in Kentucky and Texas and served with interdenominational groups in Texas and Tennessee. His involvement with local food ministries provided first-hand experience with people of varying socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds.
Chambers has an article and numerous reviews published in The Choral Journal and has published a book on choral conducting. He also has had articles published in various media of the universities he served. A composer since age eighteen, he began writing hymns around 1985, often composing musical settings to go with the texts. Many of his hymns and choral settings were produced for specific use in the churches he served.