Robert C. Girard

Robert Girard, pastor of Our Heritage Wesleyan Church in Scottsdale, Arizona, welcomed the revolution into his staid congregation and turned his revitalized parish into a platform for spreading it.In reading his 1972 account of the "revolution," one recognizes the hippie theme as the church experiments with a Book of Acts form of Christianity.Three years after having exchanged a demure ministry for an enlivened one, Girard wrote, "Whatever we are experiencing is no more than the beginning of renewal. ‘The Acts of the Apostles' isn't yet being relived at Our Heritage Church.
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"At the time we began preaching renewal," Pastor Girard explains, "clearing superfluous meetings from the schedule, and forming small groups, ninety percent of the members of the church were brand new Christians, ‘untainted' by experience with traditional evangelicalism."
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Girard urged his zealots not to give in to their complacent brethren: "We must not fit their mold, or pamper them in their immaturity, or back down in the face of their carnal outbursts.

Bobby Girard Worship/Arts Pastor

When Pastor Bob Girard saw his young church slipping into the same complacency that plague so many congregations, he led his church into a daring, dangerous commitment of abandonment to the Lord Jesus Christ.

Bobby Girard and Chris Hyde sensed a calling from God-a calling that would cost them security,money and some peace of mind.
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Chris Hyde (l) and Bobby Girard (r)
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Bobby and Chris found part-time jobs to support their families and their calling to minister to people not connected with Christ in traditional churches.
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"The one thing we can offer them is our realness… babies crawling around on the floor…it can be a little chaotic, but it's real," Pastor Girard says.

The two pastors ask for prayers for their families: "Especially pray for our wives who give up a circle of friends and family to support us."These are sacrifices the Hydes and Girards are happy to make because of their love for God and others.

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A grant from this fund provided leadership training for church planters, including Bobby and Chris, so they can reach out and win others to Christ.

- Robert C. Girard, Brethren, Hang Together,
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One author, Robert Girard, a pastor himself, didn't just theorize about it.He and his congregation actually returned their church building to their denomination!
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To quote Robert Girard, "The law, neither the Old Testament law, nor the principle of seeking to please God by conforming to an outward set of rules, could ever produce life.

- Robert C. Girard, Brethren, Hang Together,
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One author, Robert Girard, a pastor himself, didn't just theorize about it.He and his congregation actually returned their church building to their denomination!
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To quote Robert Girard, "The law, neither the Old Testament law, nor the principle of seeking to please God by conforming to an outward set of rules, could ever produce life.

Adult Growth Groups Robert C. Girard , pastor 567-5951.Take Top O' the Morning Rd. in Rimrock to Rusty Spurs Rd. , turn right.

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