Robert came to Canada from Northern Ireland when he was in his 20s. He felt led to study at Tyndale (OBC), where he met and married his wife Sheila.

They served together with Africa Inland Mission (AIM), training hundreds of national leaders for church ministry, and they later helped to start Nassa Theological College in Tanzania.

Returning to Canada, Robert served as Personnel Director of AIM before being seconded as Director of MissionPrep, an organization that prepares missionaries and international workers for intercultural ministry abroad.

MissionPrep soon provided cross-cultural training for the newly formed TIM Centre, founded by Dr. Irving Witt in 1998. After working a few years with the TIM Centre, Robert became the Director, and oversaw the launch of the Diaspora Initiative. This expanded the focus of the Centre to equip multicultural leaders for intercultural missions in local Canadian cities.

Robert is currently serving as the director of Global Mission Initiatives with Lausanne Canada.

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