Richard (Chip) Kirk serves as an international speaker, trainer, motivator, evangelist, and missionary with Operation Mobilization (OM), USA.  Chip’s ministry focuses on spiritual renewal that subsequently leads to missions.  “I believe,” he says, “that the greatest hindrance to world missions and evangelism today is a lack of spiritual reality and authenticity in the lives of Christians, which leads to confusion, disillusionment, and complacency. I also believe that the greatest motivation for evangelism and world missions is for Christians to possess and embody a passionate, authentic, and holy love for Jesus Christ.  A Christian embracing that intimacy and reality in Christ will not have to be pushed, prodded, or manipulated into sharing his or her faith.  The only way to stop such a follower of Christ is to kill them, and that would be gain.” 

Chip graduated from the University of North Carolina in Charlotte (B.A.) and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (M.Div.), and is ordained by the Christian & Missionary Alliance.  He pastored for seven years before joining OM.