church renewal advocate

Bob is a passionate church renewal advocate. He is the Executive Director of the Nashville Baptist Association.

While serving as the Associate Director of Replant for the North American Mission Board, he created a national strategy for church renewal used by Southern Baptist Associations and was the architect of the Resound Network for the Missouri Baptist Convention. 

Bob Bickford left his staff position at a large multi-site church in the St. Louis area and became the pastor at Sherwood Baptist Church in November 2012. Through a strategic process a new church, The Groves, was birthed in January 2014. He served that congregation for nine years. 

He is the author of, Am I a Replanter?, Pathways to Partnership and the Associational Replanting Guide.
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He and his wife live in Nashville, TN. 
Follow Bob on X @bobick