Dr. Larry D. Robertson

Senior Pastor

Larry has served Hilldale Baptist Church as Senior Pastor since the summer of 2002.  He is a native West Tennessean, having been born and raised in Savannah.  He and his wife, Beth, fell in love during college and were married in 1988.  Since then they’ve been blessed with two daughters: Morgan (‘93) and Rebecca (‘95).

Larry surrendered into the gospel ministry in 1982 at the age of fifteen and hasn’t looked back since.  His ministry passions are preaching the Word of God and equipping the Body of Christ for the work of evangelism.  He began pastoring his first church—Faith Baptist Church of Hickory Flat, Mississippi—when he was nineteen years old.  He has also served Hopewell Baptist Church of Savannah, Tennessee (his home church) as associate pastor and Steep Hollow Baptist Church of Poplarville, Mississippi as pastor.

Larry spent a year and a half as an Evangelism Assistant in the Evangelism Office of the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions.  He then transitioned to the Tennessee Baptist Convention as the State Evangelism Specialist (the position formerly known as director of evangelism) where he served for three years.

Larry graduated from Blue Mountain College in Blue Mountain, Mississippi with a Bachelor of Arts degree with majors in biblical studies and mathematics (‘88).  He received two degrees from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary: Master of Divinity (‘94) and Doctor of Philosophy in Evangelism (‘00).

To relax, Larry enjoys reading, watching movies, and Monday morning breakfasts with Beth at Cracker Barrel.  He also has a secret, seldom-discussed desire to own a Harley–Davidson…but that will probably have to wait until after the girls finish college.