Biography
Bob and Colleen Skinner are global missionaries for the Church of the Nazarene in the former Soviet Union. They are living in Budapest with their son Joshua (15). Their middle son, Michael (19) is a sophomore at Olivet Nazarene University, Bourbonnais, IL. Their eldest son, Robby (22) is a 2013 graduate of Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa, Idaho.
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 Oct 2009 they were appointed as partnership coordinator and advisor to national workers in Moldova and Armenia. In 2013 they were appointed to serve the Nazarene work in Hungary and Poland. They currently live in Budapest, Hungary, where Joshua is attending high school.
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 the work advanced in these Eastern European countries of Hungary and Poland. The work in Poland features the unique outreach through Sweet Surrender Coffee House ministries in the cities of Poznan and Krakow.
Skinner
Poland & Hungary
· Bob
· Born in United States
· Ordained: 1990 by Kansas City district
· Colleen
· Born in United States
· Ordained: 1995 by Intermountain district
· Children
· Joshua Ivan
· Michael Paul
· Robert William
· General Information
· Home District: Kansas City
· Home Church: Overland Park
· Summary of Service Record
· 2011 to Present – Hungary and Poland
· 1994 to 2011 – Ukraine
· 1990 to 1994 – Philippines
· Home Assignment Dates
· Jun 1, 2013 to Aug 31, 2013