building redemptive community® is a ministry strategy of Nehemiah development company dedicated to restoring, rebuilding, and renewing community; physically, relationally, and spiritually.

We believe

  • Communities were designed by God to flourish

  • Broken places and hearts can be restored

  • The church needs to reengage in the town square

  • Faith and work are not separate callings

  • God invites us to participate in His redemptive plan

our mission

To equip, lead, and invest in people and places to build redemptive community: physically, relationally, and spiritually.

our vision

To see hearts being restored by the truth of the Gospel, the church reengaged in the town square and communities being renewed as a result.

MEET ROB LOUGHERY

PRESIDENT | AUTHOR

A real estate investor and developer, Rob founded and currently serves as President/CEO of Nehemiah Development Company, Inc. He has managed multiple real estate investment entities for close to twenty-five years with a particular passion and interest in community revitalization and economic development. His real estate development experience includes adaptive reuse, in-fill development, commercial, residential, multi-family, and industrial real estate projects, where he has acquired, repurposed, developed or leased over one million square feet in the Mid-Atlantic, Southern and Mid-Western regions of the United States. 

Rob is the author of Building Redemptive Community: What Christians Can Do To Make Community Great Again and Founder of Building Redemptive Community - a ministry platform of Nehemiah Development Company.

Rob served as a County Commissioner in the County of Bucks from February 3, 2011 until Jan 6, 2020. He was first elected in 2011, re-elected to a second term in 2015 and served as Chairman of the Board from 2012 to 2016 and again in 2018 & 2019. Rob actively led the efforts to reorganize the county’s housing, economic and community development departments that helped leverage new investment in municipalities, as well as improved access to affordable housing for veterans and individuals with disabilities. These efforts were recognized by PA Department of Community & Economic Development with the receipt of the 2018 Governors Award for Local Government Excellence.

Rob currently serves on numerous private boards and public authorities including the Board of Citizens & Northern Bank (NASDAQ:CZNC), St. Luke’s University Health Network, Grand View Health, Peddlers Village, Inc., and the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency. He was the Chairman of the Bucks County Retirement Board, Bucks County Housing Authority and served on the Delaware Valley Regional Finance Authority.

A 1987 graduate of Central Bucks East High School, Rob earned a BA in Policy and Management Studies from Dickinson College in 1991. Following graduation, he was commissioned an officer in the U.S. Army Reserves. A resident of Bedminster Township, he and his wife, Kathy, have three daughters – Grace, Evelyn and Amelia. Rob enjoys several leadership and service opportunities in various ministry capacities in his church and community.

Rooted in the real-world redevelopment work of Nehemiah Development Company, this ministry exists to equip and lead people who believe that place matters, and that the Gospel has implications not only for hearts and the church, but for the streets, buildings, homes, businesses, and cities where we live, work, play and worship.