About Andy

Dream of what isn't.

Build what doesn't exist.

Make a way where there is no way.

I believe you were made for more. More than comfort. More than ordinary. More than you've dared to believe.

The Kingdom of God doesn't advance through people who play it safe. It advances through people who refuse to settle, who dream of what isn't yet, and who are willing to step into the gap between where things are and where God wants them to be. That's what drives me.

That's what drives me. My passion is to inspire you to be more, do more, and achieve more, no matter your situations or circumstances.

My Story

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit and, more importantly, read my website. In this day and age I don't take it for granted when people stop, look and listen to what I am saying. So thank you!

Growing Up

I grew up as the child of a pastor in Leigh on Sea in Essex. I am the eldest of three and the son of Peter and Olga Robinson. We were and remain so to this day, a close family where each of us would consider each other friends.

At school, academics were not my area of interest. My passions were having a laugh, messing about (which no doubt made me a pain to my teachers), and various sports, such as rugby and swimming. Over time, I became captain of both of those teams.

Early Leadership

Leadership was, right from the start, what I was destined for. At 19, I took what was initially a "year out" but became two, volunteering for a youth organisation working in some of the poorest parts of the UK. I was based in Birkenhead, Liverpool, where I was asked to lead the team after a month or so.

Hazel, Family and Home

In 1991, at the age of 24, I married Hazel and moved to Brighton, UK. There, we enjoyed our married life together, had lots of fun, made some great friends, and attended what was then called the Church of Christ the King, now called Emmanuel Church.

After a few years, we moved to Horsham, UK, where we started a family. We have two sons, Tom, who is now 30 and married, and Eddie, who is 28, married and has two children I adore! Both Tom and Eddie work for a YouTube company called Theorist. Tom hosts Game Theory, a channel with almost 20 million followers, and Eddie is a scriptwriter. Both boys and their wives are active members of their respective churches. I am immensely proud of both of them!

Another Leap of Faith

At this point, my career exploded. I moved from Junior Programmer to Technical Support Team Leader and, after many promotions, eventually became the Sales and Marketing Director of an international software company. I managed sales teams and spoke at conferences in Las Vegas, San Francisco, and London.

I then took a massive risk and left that very secure and lucrative job to pursue my dream of running my own company, using a software package I had developed in my spare time. In partnership with a family friend, we successfully ran this company for several years before my former employer enticed me back to be their international Sales and Marketing Director.

Although I was now working one week every month in America and the remainder in the UK, travelling a lot, and had a very demanding and high-pressure job, I always prioritised my volunteering as a youth leader in our local church, now called Lifespring, with Hazel.

Hitting a Wall

After 12 years of leading the senior leadership team, Covid hit. In the first year, together with the team, we adapted well. But as we went into the second year of lockdown, I hit a wall. I am an introverted introvert who loves being with people, but not always. I get "peopled out" and need to recharge and have my own space. To my surprise, after a year of lockdown isolation, I became whatever the opposite of "peopled out" is, and was hit by a terrible bout of depression. I found myself sitting at my desk in tears, and I didn't know why. But I knew I needed help. I temporarily laid down all leadership responsibilities, and after six months of anti-depression medication, weekly counselling with a therapist, and a great deal of prayer, I was free.

A Planned Transition

During this time, the church's leadership was handed over to a young man I had hired some six years earlier. Together, we had planned for him to take over the team's leadership at some point. We had a five-year plan, and while I was out of commission, he demonstrated that he was more than capable.

Upon returning to work, I realised it would not be fair to reclaim the team leadership position, and that the right thing to do was to accelerate our plans. So I stepped down from that role. I remained, and continue to remain, an Elder of the church and part of the senior leadership team, but I no longer have primary responsibility.

The Big C

Then, in January 2023, I was diagnosed with terminal stage-4 bowel cancer and given an average life expectancy of two to three years. I continue to fight both the diagnosis and prognosis by crying out to God with many others for the miracle of healing. That said, my faith in Him and His goodness remains unwavering, and from the first day of diagnosis, I have known His supernatural peace that passes understanding. You can learn more about this part of my journey through my website and video posts at The Big C in Me.

Trusting God to Provide

With all that going on, it was time for Hazel and I to take another risk of faith. For 18 months, Lifespring had kept me on full pay while I was off sick, which is incredible, amazing, and so generous. However, I did not feel that, in the church's best interest, this could continue indefinitely. So in June 2024, I came off the payroll while remaining an Elder and senior leadership team member. We then looked to God to provide for us through WayMaker, which He did and continues to do.

What's Next?

Then in the autumn of 2025, God spoke again, and once more it was time for change. Another realignment to His plan for our lives, as I stood down as an Elder and we both stepped off the senior leadership team at Lifespring. This isn't about leaving the church family, but leaning into what God is saying next while still standing alongside Lifespring in prayer and partnership.

What Now?

So now, it's 2026, I have outlived the prognosis of the doctors, demonstrating that God has numbered my days not cancer, and it remains my passion to make a way, to take risks and see what God will do.

Right now that looks like moving! Another adventure!

After a lot of prayer, a lot of conversation, and quite a few unexpected turns, Hazel and I have made the decision to sell our home and leave Horsham. Lifespring has been our church home for over thirty years, and this is not a decision we have taken lightly. But one by one, God has removed every objection and turned every red light green.

The decision began with a question from our daughter-in-law, Chloë, over Christmas. She asked whether, now that I was no longer employed by the church or serving as an elder, we would ever consider moving closer to them and the grandchildren. Autumn and Oakley have completely stolen our hearts, and the chance to be a more daily part of their lives stopped us in our tracks.

So we prayed. We laid out our fleeces. We had real questions about my medical care, about WayMaker, about my role within the ChristCentral apostolic team. And one by one, every single hurdle fell.

My oncologist confirmed my care could continue without interruption. During my Bible reading, God spoke to me through the story of Joseph and Jacob, reminding me that He is the one who prospers WayMaker, not my postcode. And every member of the apostolic team said the same thing: you are the gift, and we want that gift wherever you are.

And then, as if God wanted to underline it all, we put the house on the market on a Friday. By Tuesday, it had sold for the full asking price to the first people through the door. In this market, that is nothing short of a miracle. Three weeks after putting our house on the market we had an offer accepted on a new house!

So here we are. Thirty years. Decades of friendship. A lifetime poured into Lifespring. And now a new chapter, full of gratitude for everything that has been, and genuine excitement for everything that is still to come.