Bio
Pastor Robin Balram was born in the Island of Trinidad and Tobago. At the tender age of 12 years he
accepted Jesus as his savior and at the age of 17 accepted the call to ministry. Pastor Balram has been
involved in Sunday Schools in Rambert, Phillipine, LaRomain and Bamboo Villages. After completing
three years of Bible school in Port of Spain, Trinindad, He accepted the call to pastor the Gasparillo
Church of God of Prophecy in 1981 after serving as mission leader at Phillipine for many years.
In 1990, his wife and family relocated to Maryland in the USA. After serving at Ellicot City COGOP for one
year as the Assistant pastor, he was at the Frederick COGOP for nine years as the Assistant pastor before
accepting the pastorate at Rockville COGOP. In the nine years he has pastored at Rockville Cogop, the
membership has increased from twelve to seventy. Pastor Balram become a Bishop in 2006 at the
International assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy, held in Nashville, TN.
He is married to Indra Balram for 32 years and from this union the couple has four children, Nicole, Daryl,
Denzyl and Devin. Nicole is married to Alex Barsuk and lives in CA., and have blessed Pastor Balram and
his wife with their first grandchild, Eva. Daryl lives in Leesburg VA., Denzyl is married to Shannon and
they live in Cleveland TN. Devin is at Lee University in Cleveland TN.
Vision
The ministry of the Rockville Church of God of Prophecy is that of meeting the people of our community at
the point of their need. Jesus commanded His church to go into every traveled path and every obscure
hiding place and urgently seek souls to come into fellowship with Himself.
We have received that directive from the Holy Spirit and are responding as He prepares us for the task. We
are going into our world and sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ and He is changing lives from the youngest
to the oldest. God is moving in the Kingdom and the Holy Spirit is feverishly setting everything in place for
the return of the Son of God.
If you want to be a part of what the Holy Ghost is initiating, we invite you to come join with us as we seek God
for the outpouring of Holy Ghost revival on our community, this city, this state, this nation and the world. Our
prayer is, "God, let the river flow. Let it flow from the unfathomable depth of our AWESOME GOD".
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Glory to God and what a year this has been! I look back and marvel at how much has been accomplished for
the Kingdom of God.
Yet there is so much to do. How will it ever be done? Well I believe that it can be accomplished through the
power of God at work within our lives. There is a tremendous challenge that has been set before each one of
us.
“Are you willing to partner with God to accomplish something so great
that unless He is in it, it will fail.”
Are you up to that Challenge???
Most of us have met that challenge in a few areas, and I commend you for your diligence.
The fruit of your willingness can be seen in many areas in your life and community. How wonderful it is to see
God’s blessings around us. But we would be missing the point if we stopped here.
We have just scratched the surface of what God wants to do.
I say that because I truly believe that God’s Sovereign Will for our community is found in 2 Peter 3:9 …
“The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise,
as some understand slowness.
He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish,
but everyone to come to repentance.”
This is God’s will
.
Oh how I want to see a move of God in our area that moves from “Anyone to Everyone!”
For that to happen several things must take place amongst us:
1) We must be willing to lay down our life for the Lord.
2) We must be willing to lay down our life for each Other.
3) We must be willing to lay down our life for the Lost
What does this mean?
First, we must be willing to humbly submit to God and begin to seek Him as the Lord of our life who has
priority and distinction over all else. With eagerness we must begin to desire after Him and be willing to
sacrifice our gain for His Kingdom.
Secondly, we must look at our relationship within the Body of Christ with reality. Are all of our relationships
with one another pleasing to the Lord? The time has come when it behooves us to quit saying “but,” when
God puts His finger on a relationship that is not right. Scripture says that they will know us “by our love!”
When we sacrificially do this, we will stand with Christ in “disarming the powers and authorities,” and “making
a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.” Is it easy? By no means. Is it impossible? NO,
through Christ all things are possible.
Finally, the people of our community and area must know that we care for their eternal well being. Are we
willing to swallow our pride, and bring the gospel to our lost family and friends? Unless we give them the
reason for the hope that we have, they will spend an endless eternity in a very real hell.
Are we willing to do these things? We can approach the
Kingdom of God
in one of two ways.
First we can enjoy the blessings of God and grow fat on the fruit of His blessings. My thought on this is that
one-day we will look back from heaven with deep regrets saying, “What if!”
The second approach we can take is to “work while it is day!” Pray, Sacrifice, Obey, Love, Work, and do
everything within our power to obediently Magnify the
Kingdom of God
in our community. Living our lives now in such a way that when we look back we can say with confidence “I
pressed toward the goal and won the prize for which God had called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”
This is my desire.
What is your desire?
Will you join me in stepping out in faith, confidence, and anticipation…
