Learn More About Honest News Ministry & Its Founder
A little over thirty years ago, Brother Joseph was saved by grace through faith by the precious blood of Jesus Christ. Shortly after being baptized and filled with the precious Holy Ghost, Brother Joseph was called into the ministry by the Lord God.
The Spirit sent Brother Joseph to learn how to study the KJV Bible by revelation of the Spirit at a small Bible school in Portland, Maine. While attending the Deliverance Center Ministry, he was trained to be an overcomer by the late Rev. James Reynolds Sr., a true man of God and a man of faith. While attending the Deliverance Center, Brother Joseph received by revelation that God has an overcoming company of people that He is preparing and delivering out of the lukewarm Church.

Brother Joseph first began with a website and YouTube channel under the name Overcoming The Dragon. During the Trump administration, there was much talk about "fake news." This is what inspired the current ministry name: Honest News Network, aka Honest News Ministry also known as HNM. Brother Joseph saw that there was a need for "honest news," and thus, Honest News Network was birthed!
God gave Brother Joseph a helpmeet to serve alongside him according to the Scripture: his beloved wife, Sonya. Sister Skinner is also used by God in the prophetic, as well as in the gifts of helps, administration, and prayer for the ministry and our listeners.

Brother Joseph delivers the truth of God's Word in a dynamic and prophetic way, in which God uses him to speak the very oracles of God to all who have ears to hear. He is the founder of Honest News Network Ministry, which now has more than 40,000 subscribers, a community of faithful followers, and over 5,000 sermons uploaded to YouTube.

Our Purpose From the desk of Brother Joseph Skinner: We are here to help you grow in your spiritual walk in the Lord and to become an overcomer. Our calling is the equipping of the saints and to present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.
We believe that for one to live an overcoming life, one must crucify the flesh, live, and walk in the Spirit (Romans 8). Jesus Christ became not only our Savior; He is also the perfect pattern one must follow to live an overcoming life. Christ Jesus grants the overcomer "throne rights" to sit with Him in His throne, even as He overcame and is set down with His Father in His throne (Revelation 3:21).