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Bobby is a disciple of Jesus, who believes that the greatest mission on planet earth is to make
disciples and disciple makers. He is the husband of Cindy, the father of Ashley and Chad and
Pop to Ezra, Emma, Joshua, Elijah and Abigail. He leads RENEW.org and Discipleship.org,
both collaborative, disciple-making organizations. He is the founding and lead pastor of Harpeth
Christian Church (located by the Harpeth River, just outside of Nashville, Tennessee). He has an
M.A.R. and an M.Div. from Harding School of Theology and a Doctor of Ministry degree from the
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the author of more than 20 books and 200 blogs,
most on disciple making, including Discipleshift (with Jim Putman and Robert Coleman), The
Disciple Maker’s Handbook (with Josh Patrick) and Becoming a Disciple Maker: The Pursuit of
Level 5 Disciple Making (with Greg Weins) and Disciple Making - The Core Mission of the Church
(with Scott Sager). Bobby is also co-host of the new podcast, Scripture in Black and White.