Rob Norris began his preaching career as a teenager, traveling between small churches in his native Wales. Eventually, his journey led him to the 3,500-member Fourth Presbyterian Church in Bethesda, where he has served for the past nearly 28 years. Norris’ mission has remained the same: To be an advocate for the Kingdom of Heaven. The 60-year-old shared with The Washington Examiner thoughts on his faith and its awesome responsibilities in an unwelcoming world. Do you consider yourself to be of a specific faith?

I would certainly be regarded as an evangelical, and a conservative evangelical, at that — one who has tasted the grace of God, is clear about the nature of God, and is committed to the authority of the Scripture in all that it teaches. I hold Scripture to be the final authority in faith and practice, and in directing all that I believe and proclaim.