Biography

Tobin grew up in Cheshire Connecticut, the son of Fred (RIP) and Connie Hitt. He has two sisters, Kathy Carroll from Pompano Beach Florida, and Robin Hall from South Burlington Vermont.
As a teenager Tobin was inspired by his teachers and coaches at Choate Rosemary and by example of Robert Kennedy. He graduated from Dartmouth in 1983 with a BA in English. Later, he served on several Connecticut Campaigns (twice for Senator Lowell Weicker), completed law school, and ran for Mayor of New Haven in 1989.
Right after passing the Connecticut Bar Exam, at 26, Tobin found salvation and turned his life over to Christ. After three years of practicing law, he was called to ministry, which he answered. He earned an MA in scripture, and a Masters of Divinity along the way. He then served well in New Mexico for over 10 years, where he was effective inspiring families to commit to Christ, helping Mexican immigrants and others find their freedom in faith, cost-effective building projects, and teaching from the pulpit and in the university classroom. In May of 2006 he received the vision of Zion Pentecost Mission. This has been followed by a time of service to the body of Christ in Vermont where he has served as an Evangelist at Tabernacle of Worship Assembly of God in Burlington and regular pulpit fills at Lyndon Full Gospel Assembly of God in Lyndonville and City Of Light Worship Center in St. Albans. He also served as Interim Pastor of Midcoast Christian Fellowship in Belfast Maine.
Presently Tobin is preparing for the times and seasons of Zion Pentecost Mission, with counsel from Pastor Rick Callahan and Maranatha Ministerial Fellowship International, based in Williston Vermont. He also hosts "The Preaching Hour" a weekly public access television ministry, that airs in greater Burlington, Montpelier, St. Albans, White River Junction-Hanover and also in Cheshire, Meriden and Southington Connecticut.
Tobin is very thankful for all the Godly people in various places that helped him on his faith walk. One such help, among many, came from God's Learning Channel in Odessa Texas (GLC) which in 1998 began to open his heart to loving Jews, and Israel, and to inquiring about Christian Anti-semitism. GLC, as it has for thousands of people, in the greater southwest, and now beyond, stoked Tobin's hunger for understanding the unfulfilled prophecies of the entire word of God. He also benefitted from a time of Yeshiva (sit down study) regarding the History of Israel at Temple Beth Messiah, a large Messianic Temple in Houston Texas.
Tobin has always sought to build bridges in the Body of Christ, across cultures, nations, races and pulpits. He speaks Spanish fluently, has studied in Italy while in college, in law school and preparing for ministry, and has experienced a broad range of different expressions of the faith. He especially enthused about this time of partnerships between Christians and Jews around the world and among the entire body of Christ.
His primary areas of gifting and service are faith preaching-teaching, deliverance-healing, counsel, prophecy, and helping folks become faith leaders. He looks forward to following the Lord's plan for Zion Pentecost Mission, which he sees as part of a broader restoration of God prophetic offer of salvation to all mankind, prior to His judgment and rule from Zion with all the saved. He is open to gospel partnership with all, and identifies with Paul's description of our mission as ambassadors for our king, Yeshua Ha Mashiach, urging all to reconcile with God (2Cor.20-21).
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