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Bob and Colleen Skinner are global missionaries for the Church of the Nazarene in the former Soviet Union. They are living in Kyiv with their three sons, Robby (16), Michael (13), and Joshua (10).
Prior to their current missionary assignment, they served in the Philippines from 1990 to 1994. They were reassigned to the Ukraine District on the Eurasia Region in June 1994. As of July 2005 they were appointed as "Field Strategy Coordinators" for the whole scope of the work of the Church of the Nazarene in the CIS (Confederation of Independent States) or the Former Soviet Union. Specifically, they are responsible for overseeing the planting of new churches, leadership training/ministerial education, purchasing and building of properties, and leading the people to "call upon the Lord!"
Bob was born and raised in Oregon. He played college football while earning a degree in psychology at Boise State University in Boise, Idaho in 1982. Prior to his senior year in the university, he came to understand Romans 10, and answered "yes" to God about being willing to be "sent"! He attended Northwest Nazarene College in Nampa, Idaho, and Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary (APNTS) in the Philippines. In 1990, he received an M.Div. in missiology degree from Nazarene Theological Seminary.
Colleen grew up in the Philippines. She is the daughter of long-time-missionaries-to-the-Philippines, Ronald and Neva Beech. Her call to missions came in the third grade at a girls' camp where her mother was the speaker and she understood for the first time why they lived as missionaries in the Philippines. She answered "yes" to God about being willing to go anywhere and do anything for Him. She received two degrees from Northwest Nazarene College in Nampa, Idaho, in 1982. She also attended APNTS in the Philippines. In 1990 she earned an M.A. in Christian education degree from Nazarene Theological Seminary.
The Skinners' current vision is to see a great spiritual movement in the former Soviet Union with masses won for Christ, new churches established and holiness being preached and lived across the biggest country in the world!