John D. Robb
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John Robb is the Chairman for the International Prayer Council, and has served as Director of Prayer Mobilization for World Vision
. The IPC, which he chairs, is a network of regional and national prayer ministries and networks around the world. The IPC is also heading up the World Prayer Assembly to be held in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 14-18, 2012.
He serves on the National Prayer Committee for the United States
and is a member of the International Reconciliation Coalition.
Robb has also worked as a student evangelist, field missionary, pastor, seminary teacher, researcher, and author. He has led three international mission and prayer movements: the AD2000 and Beyond Movement’s Unreached Peoples Track, the Great Commission Roundtable, and the International Prayer Council.
, where he served as Director of Prayer Mobilization, Robb traveled throughout the world and led consultations and seminars for national Christian leaders and World Vision staff in more than 100 countries. He organized and led interdenominational prayer initiatives in over 50 of these nations.
"Working with a large cross-section of Los Angeles Christian leadership, he also founded LIFT (Lifting Intercession for Transformation), an annual prayer effort for the churches of Southern California during the late 1990s and was instrumental in the development of the Hollywood Transformation Coalition, a continuing prayer and mission network for Hollywood and the entertainment industry."
He has also served as a guest lecturer at Fuller Seminary School of World Mission and at Regent University
.
"The IPC focuses on global issues of common concern to the Body of Christ such as war, terrorism, HIV/AIDS, and other humanitarian issues as well as on the fulfillment of the Great Commandment
and the completion of the Great Commission
. He and his colleagues helped to launch and support the Global Day of Prayer that has helped unite over 300 million Christians in more than 200 nations to pray for the transformation of our world.
In 2006 and 2008, the IPC organized and led the first and second Global Children in Prayer Consultations with CiP practitioners from over 50 nations.
In 2007, the IPC brought together over 400 prayer leaders and intercessors for the first international prayer initiative for the United Nations ...(see below)."
They are currently planning a World Prayer Assembly in 2012 to be held in Jakarta, Indonesia.
World Vision
World Vision, founded in the USA in 1950, is an evangelical relief and development organization whose stated goal is "to follow our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in working with the poor and oppressed to promote human transformation, seek justice and bear witness to the good news of the Kingdom of...
. The IPC, which he chairs, is a network of regional and national prayer ministries and networks around the world. The IPC is also heading up the World Prayer Assembly to be held in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 14-18, 2012.
He serves on the National Prayer Committee for the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and is a member of the International Reconciliation Coalition.
Robb has also worked as a student evangelist, field missionary, pastor, seminary teacher, researcher, and author. He has led three international mission and prayer movements: the AD2000 and Beyond Movement’s Unreached Peoples Track, the Great Commission Roundtable, and the International Prayer Council.
Career
During his work with World VisionWorld Vision
World Vision, founded in the USA in 1950, is an evangelical relief and development organization whose stated goal is "to follow our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in working with the poor and oppressed to promote human transformation, seek justice and bear witness to the good news of the Kingdom of...
, where he served as Director of Prayer Mobilization, Robb traveled throughout the world and led consultations and seminars for national Christian leaders and World Vision staff in more than 100 countries. He organized and led interdenominational prayer initiatives in over 50 of these nations.
"Working with a large cross-section of Los Angeles Christian leadership, he also founded LIFT (Lifting Intercession for Transformation), an annual prayer effort for the churches of Southern California during the late 1990s and was instrumental in the development of the Hollywood Transformation Coalition, a continuing prayer and mission network for Hollywood and the entertainment industry."
He has also served as a guest lecturer at Fuller Seminary School of World Mission and at Regent University
Regent University
Regent University is a private coeducational interdenominational Christian university located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States. The school was founded by the American televangelist Pat Robertson in 1978 as Christian Broadcasting Network University. A satellite campus located in...
.
International Prayer Council
John Robb is the Chairman for the International Prayer Council."The IPC focuses on global issues of common concern to the Body of Christ such as war, terrorism, HIV/AIDS, and other humanitarian issues as well as on the fulfillment of the Great Commandment
Great Commandment
The Great Commandment, or Greatest Commandment, is an appellation applied to either the first, or both, of two commandments which appear in , and...
and the completion of the Great Commission
Great Commission
The Great Commission, in Christian tradition, is the instruction of the resurrected Jesus Christ to his disciples, that they spread his teachings to all the nations of the world. It has become a tenet in Christian theology emphasizing missionary work, evangelism, and baptism...
. He and his colleagues helped to launch and support the Global Day of Prayer that has helped unite over 300 million Christians in more than 200 nations to pray for the transformation of our world.
In 2006 and 2008, the IPC organized and led the first and second Global Children in Prayer Consultations with CiP practitioners from over 50 nations.
In 2007, the IPC brought together over 400 prayer leaders and intercessors for the first international prayer initiative for the United Nations ...(see below)."
They are currently planning a World Prayer Assembly in 2012 to be held in Jakarta, Indonesia.
International Prayer Initiative for the United Nations and Global Cities
The International Prayer Council led this initiative, and on September 8–12, 2009, over 600 international prayer leaders and intercessors plus New York and US prayer and ministry leaders, UN ambassadors and staff as well as children and youth from up to possibly 100 plus countries, took part in all or part of the initiative.Education
- History (B.A.) - Yale UniversityYale UniversityYale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
- East Asian studies (M.S.) - Yale University
- Missions and Biblical Studies (M.Div.) - Trinity Evangelical Divinity SchoolTrinity Evangelical Divinity SchoolTrinity Evangelical Divinity School is an evangelical Christian seminary located in Deerfield, Illinois. TEDS is one of the largest seminaries in the world, enrolling more than 1,200 graduate students in professional and academic programs, including more than 150 in its PhD programs...
- Post-graduate studies - Fuller Seminary School of World Mission.
Works
- upcoming Praying Dangerously: Adventures in Trusting God to Transform Our World! describes some of the wonders of God he has been privileged to witness through prayer initiatives in hurting areas of our world.
- co-author with Jim Hill, The Peacemaking Power of Prayer and edited Transform Your World through Prayer: Lessons on Strategic Intercession from South Asia published in India, Broadman & Holman Publishers (May 15, 2000). ISBN-13: 978-0805422917
- author Focus! The Power of People Group Thinking: A Practical Manual for Planning Effective Strategies to Reach the Unreached Missions Advanced Research &; Expanded edition (October 1989). ISBN-13: 978-0912552668
- Numerous articles on mission and transformational prayer including the chapter on strategic praying for the popular missions course and reader, Perspectives on the World Christian Movement.