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Dr. Bob Smart has been the senior pastor of Christ Church, PCA (Bloomington-Normal, IL) for 30 years, and served on staff with the Navigators at Purdue University and Ball State. He is now senior pastor emeritus and Spiritual Formation Pastor at Large, including Pastoral Care and Equipping Specialist for Campus Outreach (CO Serve). Bob regularly teaches conferences and occasionally seminary courses.

 

He has published on Jonathan Edwards, marriage, parenting, spiritual warfare, and four seasons of Gospel transformation. These books include Jonathan Edwards’s Apologetic for the Great Awakening (Reformation Heritage, 2009), Pentecostal Outpourings: Revival in the Reformed Tradition (Reformation Heritage, 2016), Enhancing One Another’s Glory in Christ: Premarital and Marital Counsel (Lighthouse, 2019), Willows by Flowing Streams: Raising Children into Gospel Maturity (Lighthouse, 2020), and Waging War in an Age of Doubt: A Biblical, Theological, Historical, and Practical Guide for Spiritual Warfare Today (Reformation Heritage, 2019). His efforts in global missions include teaching Missions Perspectives locally and regionally and equipping pastors in forty nations.

 

Bob and Karen raised five children (now married), and love their nineteen grandchildren.