About
The Word On Work
Our Team
John Robinson
Who We Are
The Navigators is a community of friends of all ages who want to know God and Jesus Christ, and who want to love and encourage each other while walking through life together. There are no prerequisites or specific affiliations required to participate in Navigators activities. We encourage you to come just as you are to enjoy friendship and community with us as we seek to understand who God is and why it matters.Thanks for checking out our group. We would love to invite you to connect with us. Please check out our events or contact pages."For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes... " Romans 1:16
What We Do
The Navigators ministry serves as an open door to share Jesus each year through life-on-life relationships, recreation, and discipleship. Our goal is to equip others with the skills and tools for them to advance the gospel wherever life leads.We believe that discipleship is friendship with a vision. The Navigators desire to come alongside, live life with you and to help you know Christ, make Him known, and help others do the same."As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace." 1 Peter 4:10
Who We Serve
The Word on Work is designed to empower you to find significance and influence in what is for most of us the largest investment of our waking hours - the world of work. Daily work has its frustrations and drudgery, admitted. But it is also a gift. Who is as miserable as the person with nothing to do? In work we get to participate in the divine nature, for God Himself is a worker.
Why We Serve
Navigators ministries believes Jesus came so that everyone who believes in Him "may have life and have it abundantly" (John 10:10). People need this abundant life that God offers through Jesus. The heartbeat of The Navigators is discipleship. Jesus came alongside a few ordinary people at a pivotal point in history and walked with them so that they might know Him, and make Him known. Our goal is to be amongst those we serve. We desire to show them Christ's love in a truthful and powerful way, that will change their lives forever."We loved you so much that we shared with you not only God’s Good News but our own lives, too." 1 Thessalonians 2:8
John Robinson
John Robinson was raised in Bethesda, Maryland, and began working as soon as he could borrow the family’s mower. He has always enjoyed the focus and challenge of hard work. So while his temperament runs toward projects, it is a bit of wonder to him that his life and calling have revolved around people.
John credits the early influence of his family for this inclination. His father was a thoughtful and informed conversationalist. His mother possessed a contagious belief that people are the most interesting part of Creation and that approaching every encounter with a positive expectation is the best way to experience that individual.
In high school, several friends were instrumental in introducing John to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Finding that the spiritual in life could also be practical prompted John to seek role models. John met The Navigators at college and will be forever grateful for a succession of mentors who further shaped the vision of his life. One of the greatest lessons was to learn to read the Bible as a source of wisdom. He has been reading the Bible with leaders and businessmen for thirty years.
After school, John worked in sales and management for six years. The last three of those, John was the Director of Operations for a non-profit with a hundred and thirty employees. He watched outstanding teamwork transform that organization, its leadership, and its mission. He was hooked.
In 1980, John joined the staff of The Navigators. He has worked to mentor and coach leaders on campuses, in their 20s, in business and in the workplace. Today he states his life mission this way: “To develop leaders & teams for generations of value.”
One thing about which John is most proud is becoming a professional coach – in business, leadership development and most recently, in health and wellness. John works in partnership with his wife to inspire healthy living around the world, and together they have built an international education and distribution business with Juice Plus+.
John and Susan make their home in Rock Hill, SC, near their grandkids and near Charlotte.
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