Pastor Fred Askins
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 Pastor Fred Askins Pastor Fred Askins grew up a small, rural town in southwest Ohio. After graduation from high school he enlisted in the Air Force, and it was during a two-year assignment in Germany that he opened up his heart to Christ. After his discharge, he graduated from Southwestern College, in Phoenix, Arizona, and received his masters from Denver Seminary. Pastor Fred has been at Open Door Fellowship for twenty years. He is an avid morning walker, bicycler, ex-jogger, and plans to (hopefully) keep climbing Colorado mountains for another twenty-five years. One of his favorite quotes: “The greatest use of life is to use it for something that will outlast it” —William James. |
ROOTS: My mother’s side goes back to 15th century, Bern, Switzerland.
My father’s to mid 18th-century, Irvine Ayer, Scotland.
Great-great-great grandfathers on both sides are listed in the1840
southwest Ohio census, on the same page. FIRST JOB: Picking up litter after high school football games on Saturday mornings. HOBBIES: Several, but the oddest is picking up lost coins—44,245 and bills—66, since 1992. FAVORITE QUOTE: “I believe in Christianity as I believe the sun has risen, not because I see it, but by it I see everything else.” — C.S. Lewis FAVORITE EARLY MEMORY: Sitting up in a corner backyard tree reading books and eating Sugar Babies. MOST INFLUENTIAL MOVIE: “Lost Horizon”, a 1936 classic. I wasn’t a Christian at the time, and it caused me to think about the hope of heaven for the very first time. HIGHEST: Mount Martinez in the Argentinean Andes, just under 20,000 feet. LOWEST: When I was 9 years old and our dog Blackie was run over by the milkman. GREATEST MATERIAL TREASURES: A 360 year old Bible, and four handwritten letters from Colonel Jim Irwin, the eighth man to walk on the moon. HATE THE MOST: Plumbing, folding laundry, fixing car and computer problems. MOST EXOTIC PLACE: Traveling on the ancient King’s Highway in Jordan, through a mountainous region of the Negev Desert at sunset. MOST RECENT EMBARRASSMENT: Missing my New Year’s Day plane departure by three hours because I didn’t look closely at the ticket. FINEST COMPLIMENT: Standing on top of Pyramid Peak with a group from the Colorado Mountain Club, a friend mumbled, “Ya know, for being a preacher, you’re pretty normal.” LEAST FAVORITE VEGETABLE: Lima beans. |