This edition of the Methodist Thinker Mini-Podcast features a teaching excerpt from the Rev. Rob Renfroe, pastor of discipleship at The Woodlands (Texas) United Methodist Church and the president of the UM renewal ministry Good News.
The Rev. Rob Renfroe
The excerpt is from a 2009 sermon series, “The Trouble with the Truth,” preached at The Woodlands UMC .
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Robert Lane Renfroe earned a B.A. magna cum laude from Rice University (1977) and an M. Div. summa cum laude from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (1982).
After graduating from seminary, he was appointed to be the associate pastor at The Woodlands UMC north of Houston.
In 1988, he was named pastor of First United Methodist Church in Atlanta, Texas. Four years later, he moved to Mission Bend UMC in Houston.
In 1998, Renfroe was named executive pastor at Houston’s First United Methodist Church, serving alongside Dr. Bill Hinson (PDF). After three years in that role, he returned to The Woodlands UMC as the pastor of discipleship, a position he continues to hold.
Renfroe became the leader of Good News — and publisher of Good News magazine — in the summer of 2009, following the retirement of the ministry’s long-time leader, James V. Heidinger II.
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A 10-minute video excerpt from Rob Renfroe’s “Trouble with the Truth” series can be seen below.
Rev. Rob Renfroe’s discussion works on multiple levels it seems.
His comments are equally meaningful and relevant to the gnostic Methodist, the evangelical Methodist, the fundamentalist Methodist, and the progressive Methodist. This is a very unusual and tender spiritual and non-judgmental approach, bridging across perceived differences — which rates high in my book as the earmark of a peace maker. As spoken, it seems inspired.
We have sinned and done wrong. All this disaster has come upon us, yet we have not given attention to your truth. We do not make requests of you because we are righteous, but because of your great mercy. O LORD, forgive!
Rev. Rob Renfroe’s discussion works on multiple levels it seems.
His comments are equally meaningful and relevant to the gnostic Methodist, the evangelical Methodist, the fundamentalist Methodist, and the progressive Methodist. This is a very unusual and tender spiritual and non-judgmental approach, bridging across perceived differences — which rates high in my book as the earmark of a peace maker. As spoken, it seems inspired.