Robert & Mary Martin were born in Haleyville, Alabama. On October 20, 1962, Robert married his high school sweetheart, and they have been married sixty-two years. They have four children, who were all raised in the foreign mission field. They have eight grandchildren, and five great grandchildren. Their children and grandchildren are supporters and involved in their mission work in Fiji and throughout the Pacific Islands.
Robert attended the Sixth Avenue (now the Gus Nicholas) School of Biblical Studies in Jasper, Alabama for two years; sitting at the feet of teachers like Gus Nichols, Franklin Camp, Jerry Jenkins, and Bobby Duncan, and others. Robert has been preaching the gospel for 61 years. Robert and Mary have been missionaries (servants) of the Lord for 60 years (7 years in Williamston, South Carolina where they planted the Lord’s church and 53 years in the Pacific Islands), where they continue until this day). Their overseeing congregation has been the Forest Park Church of Christ in Atlanta, Georgia for over fifty-four years, and continue to this day.
Robert and Mary have lived in Suva, Fiji Islands; Leone, American Samoa; and Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. Robert and Mary have pioneered taking the gospel and planting the Lord’s church in Fiji and most of the Pacific Island nations. Their lives are committed to the work of Jesus in the Pacific Islands. Robert and Mary work together as coworkers for the Lord, Mary has walked the mission trail with Robert throughout the Pacific Islands. Robert has authored many Bible Study books, Sermon Books, and study books on foreign mission work. Robert and Mary have trained 15+ missionaries who have or are serving in other countries of the world, many of whom work in the Pacific Islands. Their objective has always been to Evangelize, Edify, and Equip. The results to plant Indigenous congregations that can reproduce themselves, govern themselves, and support themselves.
You can contact them at: . You can also go online at: pibcchurchofchrist.com and see more of their work in Pacific Islands Bible College. All I have said is not to boast but to inform others of our work. We give the Lord all the honor and praise. We are only “servants by which others believe” (1 Corinthians 3:5).
