Dr. Tim Robnett is the man. The guy’s been in two Rose Bowls, pastored and grown a church from the ground up to hundreds of people, written several books, worked for the Palau team for more than 20 years and has personally coached hundreds of evangelists. One of them luckily has been me.

More than the prestige of the ministry and life he has led, Dr. Tim has been a spiritual dad to me. As the Director of Next Generation Alliance, Dr. Tim allowed me to participate in a historic trip to Poland to unite the churches and share Jesus to thousands in a city that had been first oppressed by the Nazis, then the Russians and then left to their own devices following all of the turmoil of the last 70 or so years. The trip was at the beginning of  Amy’s four year battle with cancer and through that trip, a deep friendship and love for each other was forged.

After Amy passed away, I retreated to the Robnett ranch just about a year ago. Dr. Tim spent time with me, shoveling up after the horses and even teaching me how to ride. We talked about life and ministry and love and loss. He’s a great listener. His wife Sharon is a great cook!

But in between our first meeting in Portland for training on international evangelism, and retreating to his ranch after the death of my wife, are many conversations, phone calls, cards, trips together and lessons learned. Dr. Tim oozes of integrity. He’s helped me understand my identity. He champions evangelists. I am so thankful God brought him in to my life!

Last year, Dr. Tim moved on from the Palau team and I got to once again see integrity in action. While the shifting of the economy has made jobs unstable, I got to watch first hand as Tim and Sharon stepped out in faith to start a ministry to coach evangelists, Ministry Dynamics. (You can watch a video about it here.)

Nothing that I am, or even the potential I have not yet realized would not have been possible without Dr. Tim. If you respect my ministry and anything I do, you can credit a large portion of it to this man. So here’s my plea to you: support his work in mentoring evangelists and join his mailing list! Help him mentor other evangelists. Give him the financial support he needs to keep moving.