Join us on January 20, 2010 7:30 a.m. as the Atlanta Community Breakfast launches a new year by tackling the tough issues of faith/work balance.

Not long ago I was in a staff meeting and felt we needed to pray – but is that appropriate?  Have you ever faced a similar situation?  While we can and do pray all the time, can we engage others on our team in this activity?  How would you handle this situation?  If we impose prayer on those who do not wish to pray, are we driving them from the Kingdom?  Where do we draw the line between work and faith (or do we)?

In our new format we’ll break into small groups and discuss situations we face every day as Christians and how we can exercise our faith in all facets of our lives.

Since January 1993, Bob has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Christian City. Founded in 1962 with one cottage for abused and abandoned children, Christian City is now a conglomerate of nine, 501 C 3, not-for-profit corporations providing independent retirement housing, and a broad range of health and social services for children, the aged and infirm. Christian City has grown from it original 50 acres to its present 500-acre complex housing over 1,000 permanent residents and supported by 500 employees and hundreds of volunteers.

Bob came to Christian City following fifteen years of public service, most of which was with the U.S. Department of Justice, and fifteen years as a commercial realtor where he received numerous industry awards including Top Agent for RE/MAX of Georgia.

A native Georgian, Bob received his formal education in business management at Georgia State University. He is a Graduate of the Georgia Realtor’s Institute and, as a Certified Commercial Investment Member of the National Realtor’s Marketing Institute, he was one of only three Atlanta members of the National Real Estate Exchange. He is a member of Vistage, an international organization of chief executives, The Southern Institute for Ethics in Business, The American and Georgia Associations of Homes and Services for the Aging, Georgia Association of Homes and Services for Children, Georgia Health Care Association, and the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability.

Throughout his career, Bob has been active in the not-for-profit community as a member and often chairman of various boards overseeing such activities as a home for unwed mothers, a private placement adoption agency, a support program for the families of prisoners, a family enrichment program through churches and public schools, and a faith-based organization designed to help resolve disputes as an alternative to the courts. In addition, he has been a church administrator, a consultant to various religious and educational institutions, and an active leader in faith based and civic organizations. He is past president of both parent/teachers associations and the Smoke Rise Community Association. He is a member of Mount Carmel Christian Church where he has served as Bible School teacher, trustee and elder.

Bob has been married to Judi for 46 years and, together, they have two grown sons.