Conversation with Robert Acker
From Leading Conversations by J.D. Pearring
June 1, 2026 · 34 min · Episode 124
About this episode
Rob Acker shares his journey of leadership and the importance of simple discipleship in forming leaders.
A lot of leaders talk about “finishing well” like it is a slogan. Rob Acker has lived it, from a youth group of eight kids to decades of pastoral leadership, church planting, and the slow work of staying healthy. JD and I start with a personal story of how our lives crossed, then Rob takes us back to the roots: simple discipleship, opening the Bible as a teenager, and the way the local church quietly forms a leader long before anyone gives you a title. Rob closes with a leadership fram...
People in this episode
Host: J.D. Pearring
Guest: Robert Acker
Topics covered
- leadership
- discipleship
- pastoral leadership
- church planting
- spiritual health
Keywords
- leadership
- finishing well
- discipleship
- local church
- pastoral leadership
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