Robert W. Brunson

Robert Worth Brunson, May 6, 1942 - October 29, 2018 Robert Worth Brunson was born on May 6, 1942 in Port Huron, Michigan. He was the second son of Mildred and Freeman Brunson, young Nazarene pastors. When Bob was a toddler, the family of 5 relocated to Torrance, California, and served as pastors in several Nazarene churches. As a young boy he felt led into the ministry, but it wasn´t until his sophomore year at Pasadena Nazarene college, that he sensed God´s definite call on his life to serve as a missionary. During his junior year, he transferred to Bethany Nazarene College where is met and married Norma Louise Hendrix on November 24, 1964. In 1970 their first missionary assignment was to Peru, where they served in church planting and theological education. Following their 10 years in Peru, they were assigned to the Nazarene Seminary of the Americas in Costa Rica, in the area of leadership development and teaching. In 1982, the Lord led them to minister in ethnic urban ministries during Thrust to the Cities in Chicago, Illinois. They served the Chicago Central District for 5 years and then returned to Costa Rica as seminary professors. In the year 2000, the denom...[more]

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nation offered the Brunsons an opportunity to go the the Middle East as Academic Dean and professors at the Eastern Mediterranean Nazarene Bible College. However, in December of 2005, following a personal security threat, they were whisked out of Lebanon by the American Embassy. After retirement, Bob and Norma eventually moved to the Il Villagio Missionary Village in Bradenton, Florida. Robert is survived by his wife Norma of 54 years, his daughters Robin Michelle Radziszewski and Sheri Renae Rodney. He will also be missed by 7 grandchildren and a great-grandchild who where the joy of his life. His siblings are Ronald Brunson and Nancy Cauthron. He holds degrees from Southern Nazarene University, Nazarene Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California, and doctoral studies at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School Deerfield, Illinois. He was also an artist, whose comics, drawings and especially his carvings have been an inspiration to those around him. Robert, or Bob, as he was known by his friends, will be greatly missed as a man of integrity and compassion, honesty and a simple appreciation of life. We acknowledge that through his faith in the saving power of Christ´s sacrifice, he is standing today, in white garments, gazing into the eyes of his Savior. "Celebration of Life Services for Robert Worth Brunson will be held at the Bradenton First Church of the Nazarene, Bradenton, Florida, on November 5, 2018 at 11:00 am. and at Bethany First Church of the Nazarene, Bethany, Oklahoma on November 9, 2018 at 11:00 am. Interment at 2pm at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In lieu of flowers, donation can be made to Compassionate Ministries, Church of the Nazarene at:https://give.nazarene.org/donate/f/132843 "