The Rob Skinner Podcast: Helping You Make This Life Count

Come to the 2023 Climb Small Church Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas! I hope you'll be able to make it and will set aside money in your budget for you and as many as possible from your staff and church to go. What?  Climb Small Church Leadership Conference When?  Thursday, November 30 through Sunday, December 3, 2023 How much?  $129 per night for lodging and $100 per person registration. Reg...

On this episode I answer the question: "How Can Our Family of Churches Grow to 1,000,000+ by the year 2050?"  Listen as I offer ten ideas for seeing our churches grow and flourish in the coming decades.    Transcript: How can the Kingdom grow to 1,000,000+ by 2050? One of my dreams is to help the Kingdom grow to 1,000,000+ by 2050.  I'll be 85 in 2050.  According to the life expectancy calculator...

In this episode, I talk to Daren Overstreet, former leader of the Seattle Church of Christ and now leader of the church in Tampa, Florida.  He's written a book entitled, "Wildfire:  How Progressive Theology is Impacting the Church."  Listen as he shares: What Progressive Theology is and how to spot it How it's creeping into and changing our churches What is the church's role in creating social jus...

Listen today as I talk to Kevin and Erica Lu, currently living in Tucson, Arizona.  They discuss: How they met on the Asian mission field How Kevin overcame his shyness to become a bold preacher  What they experienced getting persecuted and kicked out of the country they were reaching out in What they are doing on campus at the University of Arizona to revive that ministry in the wake of COVID The...

Today I talk to Chris and Amy Schwartzenberger who lead the church in Spokane, Washington.  Chris and Amy share about: Losing Amy's Dad to suicide her senior year of college How Amy has faced mental health crises and lives and works with an ongoing mental health condition Amy's near-death experience delivering her third child How Chris started a thriving campus ministry in a town of 20,000 people...

Thanks for listening!  If you are enjoying the content, please support the Rob Skinner Podcast on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/robskinner Listen today as I talk to Andy and Staci Yeatman from Northern Virginia, USA.  After working together in the full-time ministry, Andy spent two decades working for the government in a position that took him to some of the most dangerous war zones on the pl...

Thanks for listening!  If you are enjoying the content, Please support the Rob Skinner Podcast on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/robskinner Join me today as I talk to Chris and Megan Zillman from Denver, Colorado.  Listen as they share: How they were converted as a dating couple out of the world Their view of dating "guidelines" How they build healthy campus ministries in the 2020's What their...

In this episode, I talk to Leke and Marielos Lewu, from Miami, Florida.  They lead an 80-student campus ministry focused on Florida International University and the University of Miami.  Listen as they talk about: How they consistently have 25 baptisms every year Their ministry philosophy and their "Five-'F's" How to reach student athletes How to integrate a ministry of kingdom kids and those with...

Thanks for listening!  Please support the Rob Skinner Podcast on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/robskinner On this episode I talk to Kip and Bethany Harms from San Luis Obispo, California.  Kip and Bethany have planted many churches and have served in churches all over the US.  Most recently they took over a church that hadn't had professional leadership in fifteen years and helped it grow by...

Today I'm talking to AT and Marci Arneson.  They lead the church in Chicago, Illinois and also chair the Catalyst Committee of the International Churches of Christ.  In this episode they talk about: Their conversion and ministry career How they converted 14 people in the first year of their faith What the Catalyst Committee does What it decided at the World Discipleship Summit What it means that J...

Thanks for listening!  Please support the Rob Skinner Podcast on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/robskinner Today, I'm talking to Kyle Plum.  Kyle leads a campus ministry in San Diego, California.  He started his campus ministry in 2018 with five disciples on a commuter campus and grew it to fifty within a few years.  He had sixteen baptisms in his first semester on campus.  In this episode he...

Thanks for listening!  Please support the Rob Skinner Podcast on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/robskinner . Join me today as I talk to Gordon Ferguson.  Gordon has served as an Evangelist, Elder, Teacher and Author.  He talks about: His journey to Christ The secret to his happy marriage with his wife, Theresa How he got connected with the discipling movement What went through his mind as he l...

Thanks for listening!  Please support the Rob Skinner Podcast on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/robskinner . In this episode, Takeshi Yamazaki, leader of the Tokyo Church of Christ, and Shohei Miyoshi, leader of the Osaka Church of Christ, share: What they took away from the World Discipleship Summit Good news from their churches in Japan What keeps them going as they face the challenge of rea...

Thanks for listening!  Please support the Rob Skinner Podcast on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/robskinner . In this episode, my wife, Pam, and I recap days three and four of the World Discipleship Summit, Tuesday and Wednesday, August 2nd and 3rd, 2022.

Thanks for listening!  Please support the Rob Skinner Podcast on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/robskinner . Join us as we review the highlights of the World Discipleship Summit in Orlando, Florida.  Featured on today's program are  Cassandra Campagna, Fayetteville, NC Clara Escudero, Quito, Ecuador Richard Marveldoss, Boston, MA James Skinner, Tucson, AZ Pam Skinner, Tucson, AZ  

Thanks for listening!  Please support the Rob Skinner Podcast on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/robskinner . In this episode, my wife, Pam, and son, James, review the first day of the World Discipleship Summit held in Orlando, Florida on July 31st, 2022.

Thanks for listening!  Please support the Rob Skinner Podcast on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/robskinner . In this episode, Pam and I talk about two areas of building a Rock-Solid Marriage: Family Matters Focus Class #3:   Rock Solid Family and Focus Become the "family man" Your wife needs to feel that you are leading the family and the kids. Deuteronomy 6:4-9 4  Hear, O Israel: The Lord our...

Thanks for listening!  Please support the Rob Skinner Podcast on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/robskinner . Today my wife, Pam, and I continue our series on "How to Build a Rock-Solid Marriage."  Last week we talked about building a rock-solid foundation and this week we are sharing how to build a rock-solid friendship.  Pam and I talk about what we've learned and what's worked for us in 32 h...

Thanks for listening!  Please support the Rob Skinner Podcast on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/robskinner . In this series, my wife, Pam, and I share what we've learned about how to have a happy marriage.  In this first episode, Building a Marriage on the Rock,  we lay the foundation for successful marriages.  Join us as we talk about: Building on Christ and his teachings Spotting the signs o...

Thanks for listening!  Please support the Rob Skinner Podcast on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/robskinner . In this episode, my wife, Pam, and I go through a set of suggestions so that you leave the World Discipleship Summit a stronger disciple.  We will cover a number of topics that will help make the summit or any conference you go to a memorable, life-changing event. How to Make the Most o...

Thanks for listening!  Please support the Rob Skinner Podcast on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/robskinner . Today I'm talking to Jimmy Black (31) from Bowling Green Kentucky.  He and his wife, Katherine, planted a church in Bowling Green, Kentucky that started with 12 people and more than doubled in 14 months.  In this episode Jimmy talks about: How he left his engineering job with Hitachi to...

Thanks for listening!  Please support the Rob Skinner Podcast on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/robskinner . Today I'm talking to Cody and Brittany Dowdy from Lynchburg, Virginia.  They were working secular jobs when they got the call to plant a new church in Lynchburg.  What's amazing about their story is the obstacles they faced and overcame to plant the church: They planted the church at th...

Thanks for listening!  Please support the Rob Skinner Podcast on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/robskinner . Today, I'm talking to Doug and Jennifer Lambert from Williamsburg, Virginia.  Doug and Jennifer were missionaries in Argentina, and Mexico and then returned to the US to lead churches in Tallahassee, Florida, Nashville Tennessee, Baltimore, Maryland, and Cincinnati, Ohio.  They talk abo...

Thanks for listening!  Please support the Rob Skinner Podcast on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/robskinner . In this episode, I talk to Chris and Kim Reed from Salt Lake City, Utah.  Chris and Kim spent years planting and leading churches in Sweden and Denmark.  They talk about: Why you should find your purpose first before finding your partner How to keep your faith in a world going away from...

Thanks for listening!  Please support the Rob Skinner Podcast on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/robskinner . Today, I'm talking with Tom and Kelly Brown.  They lead a church in Marietta, Georgia which is in the Atlanta area.  Tom and Kelly were converted in the Crossroads Campus Ministry in Gainesville, Florida, and have led churches and campus ministries in Boulder, Colorado, Berkeley, Califo...