Bobby DuBois says he was content as a pastor — he never thought he would be anywhere else.
But after he was contacted in 1990 by Harrell Cushing at the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions about filling a position in his office, DuBois started praying. And it wasn’t long before he and his wife, Connie, felt a “strong sense of God’s call.”
Variety of roles
The rest, he said, is history.
For the past 30 years, DuBois has served Alabama Baptists in a variety of different roles — first as an associate in the office of Cooperative Program and stewardship development, then as associate business manager, business manager and associate executive director.
Statewide service
“I have been blessed to serve Christ among some of the most gifted and generous people in the world — Alabama Baptists,” said DuBois, who is retiring Dec. 31.
In his early days at the SBOM, he traveled around the state leading conferences in helping families develop a personal budget and get out of debt. As the years went on, he assisted church and SBOM employees with retirement, insurance and tax-related issues, and he worked on developing the SBOM’s CP budget.
And when Rick Lance became SBOM executive director, he created the associate executive director position and named DuBois to it in May 1999.
“Bobby is one who has taken multitasking to an art form,” Lance said. “He has balanced many responsibilities in his leadership position and therefore provided so much for SBOM staff and ministries. His role was wide and deep in our missions organization.”
He said DuBois is a Christian who always goes the extra mile.
“Bobby’s legacy is one of effective ministry among Alabama Baptists,” Lance said. “We will still call upon him in retirement as a consultant to the executive office. We admire and we appreciate all he has done to help make the State Board of Missions what it is today.”
DuBois said he’s been blessed to see God at work, such as when the 2008 recession hit the SBOM’s finances hard and Alabama Baptists still showed up as pacesetters in missions giving.
He also got to celebrate milestones like helping the SBOM move into its new building debt free in 2017, and he was able to represent Alabama Baptists by taking aid to the victims of the 2011 tornadoes.
‘Always a blessing’
State Baptists “have a heart for missions, and it is always a blessing when I get to speak to hurting people on their behalf,” DuBois said. “It has been a blessing to serve with Dr. Lance, my fellow state missionaries and the larger family of Alabama Baptists for these past three decades.”
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