Bob Roberts -- A Name You Might Want to Know
Bob Roberts is a pastor in Keller, TX. Our church is hooked up through his Glocalnet.
The following, from his blog, was in his 20th anniversary of his church sermon:
Three Words for our future --
Transformation -- Multiplication -- Glocalization
I look forward to the day when 1000 people a year are baptized here.
I look forward to the day when we enter that 2000 seat auditorium – and have resources from several thousand that come every week to change the world.
I look forward to the day when the divorce rate is cut in half out here, and church attendance doubles in all the churches in Northeast Tarrant County.
I look forward to the day when the god of Greed is slain and people give sacrificially and pay their bills and use their money for God’s glory.
I look forward to the day when America is on her face seeking God and engaging prayer that leads to action is the order of the day and other people come here to learn how that’s done.
I look forward to the church discovering we change our nation and the world not by power politics but by prayer and personal transformation that people want.
I look forward to the day when the whole body can operate here and no one considers that novel.
I look forward to the day when one of our teenagers or young adults will become the senior pastor of this church and our young people will also hold all the other staff positions as well.
I look forward to the day when we have started churches in every single state.
I look forward to the day when we are starting 100 churches a year.
I look forward to the day when young people want to come to NorthWood more than anywhere else in the world to learn to do ministry.
I look forward to the day when NorthWood is in every domain of Society the US and in VN.
I look forward to a state of the art children’s hospital in Hanoi, a world class University, several factories.
I look forward to the day when Vietnam feels like Christians are her best citizens.
I look forward to the day when our churches are in every single nation.
I look forward to the day when world leaders as diplomats, businessmen, educators and scientists will say “that church is the real deal.”
I look forward to the day when faith lays across infrastructures like Acts--viral.
I look forward to the day when God will allow me to kneel with global gatekeepers and see them accept Jesus as their personal Lord and Savior, then stand up and publicly profess Him.
I look forward to the day when we will have a center/institute or something that brings the best of the best together to get the best result in global development.
I look forward to the day we can be counselors as old men to our young men, and networkers and connectors to mobilize them to go far beyond anything we could imagine or see or dream.
I look forward to the day when every tongue, tribe, and nation will proclaim that Jesus is Lord.
I look forward to the day I will breathe my last and know that I’ve done my best and can rest for a little while--hopefully no cell phones in heaven.
I look forward to the day when I stand before His throne, and I want to hear Him say, “Well done thou good and faithful servant.”
I look forward to the day when in heaven all of us from NorthWood over ages and years with Bob Rhodes, Helen Cranfill, Jack Parchman, Mr. Ryberg, Mike Maddox – get over in one section and sing together “Shout to the Lord.”
NorthWood – let’s get on with it – suck it up – move forward Hell is open and heaven is waiting – get busy.
posted by Brian at 4:17 PM
3 Comments:
That's a really bold, and big, vision. I am glad there are people like Bob Roberts and Rick Warren and others who can think on that scale.
I guess... to be honest, things like that just freak me out though. Seems like a lot of big talk - and nothing against the guy, I don't know anything about him - but I have heard big talk before.
How does Roberts fit into the emergent conversation?
I agree Dan. I've been sucked into dreaming up dreams that are good dreams but don't pan out. What I've focused on the last five years is not to dream dreams but to fan the dreams of those in our congregation and even outside our congregation. This dream from Roberts probably comes from helping people dream dreams. He is looking for more of what is already happening. He is challenging their dreams not imposing his dreams except where he plans on fulfilling them himself.
These dreams sound huge to me, but for Roberts, these are the next steps. Dan (or anybody), looking at your people, your community, your resources, what are the next dream steps for your church?
Okay. That makes sense Brian. And I like that... "What are the next dream steps for your church?" I wrote that in BIG LETTERS AND TAPED IT TO THE WALL.
Like, for us, a little church in the middle of nowhere (except I stole Lowell Burres' phrase "We're in the center of everything" and tell my people that)... our next step is to build a picnic shelter for our community.
Maybe next year it will be to baptize 1,000 people. :)
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