Bill and Bobbie Trenckmann
Bill and Bobbie began full-time work in youth and adult ministries in 1970, serving in various churches until 2006. At that time they led an in-depth discipleship program in Rwanda for adult believers, and then equipped and mentored adult leaders in Romania before returning to their home in Idaho. In 2016, with a continuing vision and passion of equipping youth leaders, they began doing this work in the northwest. In due time, the ministry expanded to training teachers of all age levels in the skill of facilitating discussion-based Bible studies for Sunday School, small groups, and youth meetings, as well as consulting with elder boards.
They returned to Rwanda in July 2024 for 6 weeks to train leaders in Youth Ministry Philosophy, Strategy, Methodology, and Biblical Content. They returned to Rwanda in April 2025 for 8 weeks to complete the courses, graduating some 54 leaders. In addition, 10 pastors and their 75+ facilitators from rural churches, that had been closed by the government, completed a 7-week course in Small Group Leadership, focused on developing discussion-based Bible Studies. In this past year in partnership with Alive Passion Ministries, they have been equipping some 57 pastors and 351 facilitators in weekly Zoom meetings, studying the Gospel of John. These leaders now engage 7,824 people in small group discussion-based Bible studies each week.
Currently 2 new groups of pastors are waiting to start training. The first group of pastors completed the study of John in July 2026 and began a study in August in Ephesians with Rob Trenckmann of Renovatio International Ministries.
Bill and Bobbie completed a second Youth Ministry Course at ACT in July 2026 with about 40 youth leaders via Zoom. They are anticipating a third course in the near future. The ultimate goal of ACT is to offer a BA in Youth Ministry.
