Obsessed With Mothering

BGCT - Communications - Light Up Texas:

Bob Roberts, pastor of NorthWood Church in Keller, spoke frankly about his own growth from being concerned about the 'kingdom of Bob' to being obsessed with the kingdom of God.

Roberts said he has learned that the kingdom of God is internal first, then external. 'We have to be concerned with the quality of what we're producing,' he said in reference to making disciples. 'We cannot cry success until we change the world with disciples.'

The church often is 'obsessed with conversion and not transformation.' Roberts said. The reason the gospel holds so little power is that people are not being transformed. 'I think we've got to be concerned about transformation, ... radically from within.'

Kingdom ministry also is about being 'missional,' Roberts said. It's not just about sending money for missions or going on mission trips. He talked about NorthWood's efforts in an unnamed Asian country and how it has taken hold of his life and influenced his ministry.

Believers, he said, should be 'more obsessed with church mothering, not church planting.'