Fireproof Ministry Team

Isaiah 43:2 (NIV) "...When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze."
 

The Fireproof Ministry team participates in paintball tournaments, scenarios and recreational play. We believe that our conduct on and off the field should represent Christ in all that we say and do. Our mission is not to win paintball games, but to be a living witness to those in paintball who do not know Christ.

Team Roster:
 

Captain & Ohio CPPA Coordinator

Name: Dan "The Paintball Man" Skinner
Position: Back
Marker: Alias Intimidator, Proto M6, Custom Shocker, CCI Phantom
Favorite Scripture: Psalm 145:8 "The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love."

Personal Testimony: I grew up in church all my life, have very good Christian parents but didn't really have a relationship with Jesus Christ until I was around 11 or 12. I was at Camp Stony Glen in North East Ohio, when I really accepted Jesus Christ and started developing a relationship with Him. When I was 16 I felt God calling me into ministry. However, I was very confused as to what that ministry would be. I thought I would be a youth pastor, maybe even a senior pastor! Then God finally revealed it to me in August 2001. I was to start a paintball ministry that would reach all across the state of Ohio. I thought to myself "God how can I do that?" In April 2002 I joined the Christian Paintball Players Association. I had no idea what was to come over the next year! God opened a door for me through Craig "Crime Dog" Magrum and in May 2003 I became the Coordinator of the Ohio Christian Paintball Players Association, the first Official CPPA State Chapter. Running a ministry is hard work, but the over flowing blessings from God are awesome!

 

Ohio CPPA Assistant Coordinator

Name: Don Trachsel
Position: Mid
Marker: Intimidator, CCI Phantom
Scripture: 1 John 4:8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love

 

Name:Tim "Bunker Monkey" Skinner
Position: Front/Mid
Marker: 2k2 Intimidator
Favorite Scripture: Jerimiah 29:11
 

Personal Testimony (optional): I've been going to church all my life and have been a christian for a long time, since i was really little. God never ceases to amaze me at what He can do through people and through me. Especially through this paintball team/ministry. I'm so excited to be apart of it! Go FireProof!

State Treasurer

Name: Matt Yoder
Position: Front
Marker: Shocker
Favorite Scripture: Anything in Romans, mainly Romans 3:23, 6:23, 10:9

  Name: Joel Mast
Position: anywhere
Marker: Craig Palmer Signature Series Blazer
Favorite Scripture: Heb. 10:24 NIV And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds

Personal Testimony: I was blessed to be born to strong Christian parents who raised me in the ways of God. I accepted Christ as my savior in sixth grade but I was not a strong witness in my behavior through my teens and college years. Even so, God remained true to me. He has guided me through much. I know through my experiences God is ever faithful despite our failures.

 

State Secretary

Name: James "Geezer" Carpenter
Position: Back
Marker: Palmer's Blazer
Favorite Scripture:
Psalm 116:12&13 "How can I repay the Lord for all his goodness to me? I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the Lord."

Personal testimony: I suffered from a broken heart for a long time and I asked a God that I didn't even believe in to save me and he did by having his son die for me and also by answering my cry for help!!! I am a new creature and have a renewed outlook on life! Thank you Jesus!!!

  Name: Matt "McPhearless" McPherson
Position: Front
Marker: Ion
Name: Nathan Dukes
Position: Back
Marker: Ion
  Name: Jesse Johnson
Position: Mid/Back
Marker: Shocker
  Name: Zac Barlow
Position: Mid/Back
Marker: Ion
Name: Mike Burnes
Position: Mid
Marker: Etek Ego
Favorite Verse: John 3:21 (NIV) "But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light,
so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God."