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- Robert James Merritt (1945 – May 2011), known as Bob Merritt or Bobby Merritt and credited as Robert J. Merritt, was an Aboriginal Australian writer and activist. He is especially known for his play The Cake Man, and for founding the Eora Centre for the Visual and Performing Arts.
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Bob Merritt is the retired senior pastor of Eagle Brook Church in suburban Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, a megachurch.
The counseling and coaching that followed, infused a depth of insight and humility that enabled him to lead one of our nation’s most impactful churches for 20 more years.
Jan 26, 2020 · Bob Merritt, the senior pastor of Eagle Brook Church, laughs during an interview in the sanctuary of the church in Lino Lakes Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. Merritt, who grew a small Baptist...
- 'Our Church Was Climbing But I Was Failing'
- 'We All Have Disfunction'
- What’s Next?
In addition to being the senior pastor of Eagle Brook, Merritt also taught at Bethel Seminary. But the workload and responsibility on Merritt’s plate as a seminary teacher and pastor might've gotten the better of him as he struggled with issues of anger and depression. “I wasn’t doing well,” he admitted. “I was probably clinically depressed, burned...
Because of his own experiences, Merritt encourages pastors to see counselors. “We all have disfunction,” he said. “And so what I would say to pastors in this area is, if you've never given yourself the gift of seeing a coach or a counselor, you got to do that because I guarantee that you got some blind spots, some dysfunction, and it's affecting yo...
Merritt said that even though he is feeling a sense of “loss” from his retirement, he felt the timing was right. “My teaching pastor, Jason Strand, has been with me for 12 years,” he said. “We had conversations about him being the guy to succeed me. There wasn’t any pressure from him. He never put that kind of pressure on me. But I knew in my spiri...
Bob Merritt is an author and speaker who recently retired from the position of senior pastor at Eagle Brook Church (1991-2020). He is married to Laurie, and they have two children, five grandkids, and a hunting dog named Blue.
Oct 4, 2017 · Bob Merritt: "The day we give up the truth—and are afraid to speak the truth—is the day the church dies and society is lost forever.”
Bob Merritt was the senior pastor of Eagle Brook Church for 29 years and entered retirement on March 1, 2020. (Convenient timing, right?) Listen in as Don and John chat with Bob about his reflections on his time in ministry, letting go of what was, and the spark he's feeling towards what's next (and more).
