The Rob Skinner Podcast: Helping You Make This Life Count

Kelly and Cheryl Boyd moved to Eugene, Oregon, home of the University of Oregon in 2015.  Kelly works full time as an Evangelist and only receives a salary of $1,000 per month from the church while his wife, Cheryl works full time as a doctor of internal medicine.  They spend nearly an hour every morning praying together and through their ministry partnership have helped churches get off the groun...

At some point in a person's spiritual life, the ability to say "no" becomes more important than saying "yes" to one more activity, event or pleasure.  This chapter offers tools to help you open up more time and energy to enjoy the spiritual life you've always dreamed of.  Some of the topics covered: The Vision Quest Zero-Based Thinking The "Stop Doing" List You can find this book on Amazon by clic...

Lynne Greene and her husband, Scott, planted a church in Hong Kong in 1987 that grew to 2,000 disciples in only ten years.  They returned to the US to lead the church in Seattle, Washington.  The Greens then decided to return to the mission field by moving to Berlin, Germany.  That's where she found out Scott had brain cancer.  After beating breast cancer, Lynne lost the love of her life in 2018. ...

Gilbert Kimeng was diagnosed with Burkitt Lymphoma, a type of cancer, at the age of 20 while studying at a German University.  A doctor shared his faith with him and Gilbert became a Christian.  He returned to Africa where he became an evangelist and teacher.  He considers himself a traveling teacher who visits 15 different churches in 10 different countries every year.  Find out how this man foun...

  I am writing this book to inspire you to kindle or recapture your idealism, passion, faith, and hope.  My prayer is that by the end of this book, you will reject fear, procrastination, and the delusion of security and live a life of courageous action.  Many people of all spiritual backgrounds and denominations are living lives that are safe, and small.  Worry, fear and desire for security domina...

Brian is an evangelist, teacher, songwriter and worship leader, known for some of the songs he's written that are sung in ICOC churches around the world -- songs like "Be with Me, Lord," "I Need Your Love," "Great Among the Nations," and "Anchor for the Soul."  Brian and his wife Dessa have served in full-time ministry for the last twenty years in the LA Church of Christ. They have two sons in col...

Tony Fernandez leads a church in Broward County, Florida.  While talking with his wife one day, they felt like they needed more friends their age.  That conversation ignited an explosion of growth of millenials in their church.  They grew from 40 to over 200 millenials in about five years.  Find out how they did it on this episode of the Rob Skinner Podcast.

Shiva and Ketou (Kay-Too) Murthy are planting a church in one of the most remote and beautiful areas in the world.  Their state of Sikkim is bordered by Nepal, Bangladesh, China and Bhutan.  Find out how this bold young couple has already doubled their church in less than a year on a budget of around $15,000.

Jordan Massey and his wife LaToya lead the campus ministry of the North River Church of Christ in Atlanta, Georgia.  The campus ministry has grown to as many as 230 college disciples during Jordan's leadership.  Find out what Jordan is doing to build one of the most vibrant campus ministries in the world.

Jewel and Ameer Burton are building a campus ministry in the high desert north of Los Angeles.  They have removed all excuses that would keep them from building a flourishing ministry in their non-traditional campus setting.  Families, friends and the entire church are benefitting from their determination to build a spiritual garden in the desert of Southern California.  Find out how to build a he...

Matt Ruppert is barely 25 and yet has a dream to take the gospel to the campuses under his care in New Jersey and then to "Reach Every Beach" in the Caribbean Islands.  Find out how this young man is making this life count in this episode of the Rob Skinner Podcast.    

Bruce Williams has served in the professional ministry for nearly fifty years.  He just retired this year.  He became a Christian at the University of Florida, Gainesville in the late sixties and saw the rise of a campus ministry that not only converted hundreds of students each year, but trained and sent off countless campus ministers to churches all over the US.  These campus ministers would dri...

Shawn Wooten became a Christian, helped fourteen of his friends and family members become Christians, and then joined a mission team to Moscow, Russia as a baby Christian.  He planted a church in Kiev, Ukraine with his future wife, Elena, a Russian national.  Shawn has remained on the foreign mission field to this day.  Shawn dreams of the Kingdom of God growing exponentially and has come up with...

Takeshi Yamazaki was studying at the University of California, Berkeley when he heard the call to move to Tokyo, Japan and plant a church.  He listened to that call in the mid-eighties and has remained true to that vision for over thirty years.  He now has a wife, Manami, and three children and lives in downtown Tokyo.  In this episode of the Rob Skinner Podcast, Takeshi reflects on how he did it...

Dinesh was the first baptism of the Delhi mission team. Dinesh and Caroline got married in 1991. In 1996, they took on the responsibility of leading the South Asia churches. Presently they are leading the church in Bangalore which has close to 1450 disciples. They also serve as Regional Family chairman for the South Asia family of churches which includes the churches in Srilanka, Pakistan, Banglad...

Growing a church is difficult.  Stepping in as a new leader and growing a church that has been stagnant for years is nearly impossible.  Rekindling growth in a church and being the same leader from beginning to end is borderline miraculous.  Find out how to bring "dry bones" to life again in this episode of the Rob Skinner Podcast Joel and Beth Nagel lead the Lansing Area Church of Christ. Joel pl...

Few people have I met as gifted with people and language skills as Herve' Fleurant. Herve' is truly a "man of the world."  Everywhere he has gone he has impacted people with the Gospel.  Find out why in this episode of the Rob Skinner Podcast. Herve' Fleurant was born in Boston, Massachussetts in July of 1965.  His parents emigrated from Haiti and his father earned a PhD in Music and taught at var...

Andy and Tammy Fleming have served as full-time Evangelist and Women's Minister for over thirty years in the International Churches of Christ (ICOC). Andy is a Canadian and Tammy an American, who met in the Boston church of Christ in 1985, and later married on the Stockholm mission planting in early 1987. Career missionaries, they have invested their lives in the churches in Scandinavia, the UK, L...

Josue and Veronica Ortega have led and planted churches all over Central and South America.  During a ten-year period, 1996-2006, they planted all the ICOC churches in Central America and then planted 26 churches in nearly every state in Mexico.  They live now in San Salvador, El Salvador, which has a homicide rate of 106 murders per 100,000 people, one of the highest rates in the world.  In spite...

Who are Vince and Ro Pierce? Vince and Ro Pierce serve as the Evangelist and Women's Ministry Leader for the Tulsa International Church.  They have served in campus, singles, youth and family, and marrieds ministry for over 20 years in various leadership roles. They have served in large, medium, and small size congregations.  They met and graduated from Texas A&M University and moved to Tulsa in 2...

Who is Christian Ray Flores? Christian Ray Flores is an entrepreneur, leader, and artist. Co-founder of ATXTribe.org, ThirdDrive.co, AnimateConference.com, Renew.org, and AscendMission. Fund, Christian has a Master's degree in Economics, speaks four languages, and has lived on four continents. Christian has inspired audiences as an international recording artist, award-winning producer, and speake...

Who are Harliem and Vania Salim? Harliem and Vania Salim started with a church of around 1,000 members and multiplied it to 35 churches in Indonesia with over 5,000 members.  Along the way, they have started three schools, built their own building, and converted a large number of influential and wealthy individuals and celebrities.  They have done this by insisting on each small group "doing life"...

Here are four things that will help you come out of quarantine stronger than before: Let's learn from the past: Israelites had escaped from slavery They'd gone through 10 plagues, diseases They had to go to a place they'd never been before   We are coming through and out of a quarantine We are going through a plague on the world-Coronavirus We are going to a new place- a new "normal" that we've ne...

Who is Mike Fontenot? Mike Fontenot became a Christian in 1969.  After graduating from Louisiana State University, he went to Fuller Seminary for his Master's Degree.  He and his wife, Tess, planted a church in Sydney, Australia in the early eighties.  That church has grown to three hundred members and they have planted churches all over Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji.  At an age that many have...

Who is John Lusk? John became a Christian in 1983 while attending Louisiana State University. After receiving a BS in Civil Engineering, he married his beautiful wife Barri. John then went to Harding University Graduate School of Religion where he received a Master's in Religion. Together, John and Barri have led thriving ministries in Memphis, Baton Rouge, San Francisco, Sacramento, St Louis, Ban...