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The Birth of a Dream… glocalnet

Glocalnet was born out of a dream — a dream that followers of Jesus Christ and their churches would be so radically changed from the inside out that those disciples, their families, their churches, their neighborhoods and their work places would never be the same. And as a result of a transformational experience, these disciples and their churches would form partnerships that would transform their communities and touch the world. Groups of regionally-located churches or churches within the same city (clusters of churches) would link arms to provide cities and nations good news in all arenas — fresh water, nutritional food, 21st century healthcare, competitive education and spiritual truth.

If this worldwide, strategic, interdenominational alliance of churches went full-force after its calling from Christ to be salt and light to serve the least of these glocally (locally and globally), the world would literally be transformed. Every pocket of the globe would be changed.

The Dream is Becoming Reality

Glocalnet is a network of churches worldwide, clustered together regionally or in cities. These clusters pool their resources to produce T-Life disciples, multiply churches, transform local communities and impact the world.

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“Church planting is not easy. Every person planting a church should take a maximum advantage of their preparation time – they won’t have time later! Also, I have a bias. If I am going to learn a skill, I want to learn from those who know the field. The Glocalnet team members have done it, have coached it, have taught it, and have lived it. Church planters would be well advised to take advantage of NorthWood’s Church Multiplication Center training for their own development. Their resources are biblical, challenging and thorough. I am excited to recommend them.”

-Ed Stetzer, author of Planting Missional Churches (2006)  

 

“I am not aware of another church in the West that is pursuing church planting with the same perspective…and results. With NorthWood’s material you will learn practical stuff and will also be gripped by the passionate heart of a church that longs to bring the Kingdom of God everywhere. They not only teach it…they do it! And, their materials reflect that realism which is not always true with other stuff.”

-Neil Cole, Co-Founder/Director Church Multiplication Associates, Author of Organic Church and Cultivating a Life for God

 

“As a former church planter and now a trainer of church planters, I give the highest marks to Bob Roberts and the church planter training sponsored by NorthWood Church. I recommend this training to all my church planters at Dallas Seminary.”

-Aubrey Malphurs, Professor of Pastoral Ministries, Dallas Seminary

 

“The unique aspect of the NorthWood Church Multiplication Center is its balanced emphasis on planting New Testament churches that plant other churches locally and impact the world globally. This local-global element sets them apart. When you look at the quality of the churches their graduates have planted, and the effectiveness with which they grow, multiply and team for greater impact, it raises NorthWood Church Multiplication Center to the top echelon of church planter training centers in North America. I can unreservedly recommend them to anyone wanting to learn the craft of starting New Testament churches which multiply themselves and impact the world.”

-Dan Morgan, Director of the Nehemiah Project for church planting at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

“Bob Roberts knows as much about church planting as anyone I know. You won’t want to miss the church planter training by Glocalnet and NorthWood’s Church Multiplication Center.”

-Bill Easum, www.easumbandy.com

 

“Bob Roberts and his Glocalnet team do an incredible job of training leaders who plant churches not only across America, but across the world. Best of all, the kind of churches they plant, plant churches. Theirs is a quality multiplying effort I can highly endorse.”

 -Robert Lewis, Pastor of Fellowship Church in Little Rock, AR, co-author of The Church of Irresistible Influence

 

“Every time I get together with Bob Roberts, I am challenged, inspired and educated. I think every church planter and potential planter can benefit from Bob’s expertise and knowledge. I have seen many church planting efforts in the past few years, and Glocalnet is one of the very best in the country.”

-Bob Buford, Founder, Leadership Network, Author, Halftime and Finishing Well

 

“There’s no higher honor than to receive God’s call to ministry, and NorthWood’s Church Multiplication Center will prepare you to meet that calling. The ten-month intensive will deposit into each emerging leader the principles and foundations necessary to stand stalwart for Christ in an ever-changing world.”

-Dr. Wayne Cordero, New Hope Christian Fellowship, Honolulu, Hawaii