Rob Phillips is a Christian apologetics instructor with more than 30 years of experience in preaching, teaching, and training Christians to “earnestly contend for the faith … once delivered unto the saints” (Jude 3).

He serves as associate executive director of  the Missouri Baptist Convention.

Phillips has extensive corporate communications experience, having worked for several FORTUNE 500 companies and a national Christian non-profit organization. He also served for 14 years as associate pastor of Bartlesville (Okla.) Southern Baptist Church.

Phillips also has participated in mission projects in Honduras, Nicaragua, Cuba, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, the Philippines, Zambia, and Malaysia.

He is the author of 13 books, including The Apologist’s Tool Kit, What Every Christian Should Know about the Trinity, and, most recently, The Book of Life: What the Bible Says about God’s Registry of the Redeemed. His newest book, Passing the Point of No Return: When God’s Mercy Gives Way to His Wrath, is scheduled for publication in late 2026.

Phillips speaks at churches, conferences, training events and other venues. To schedule him to speak in your church or to your organization, contact him at rob.phillips@oncedelivered.net.

He and his wife, Nancy, live in Jefferson City, Mo.

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