Our family is preparing to celebrate the 94h birthday of a true pioneer of world missions– my father-in-law Bill Skinner. Already a member of the Greatest Generation by virtue of growing up during the Great Depression and then serving in the Navy during World War 2, he spent the next 39 years in the heart of South America as a medical missionary. “Great” is an understatement.
The end of the war marked the beginning of the most profound missionary movement in history– sometimes called the “golden age of evangelical missions.” He was not just a foot soldier in that movement– he was a pioneer, a pacesetter, and a role model.
