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Dr. Bob Laurent has been speaking full-time all over the world since 1968. His delivery is both humorous and hard-hitting, encouraging and provocative, geared to reach youth and adult audiences. As president of Good News Circle, Inc. for over ten years, he spoke in hundreds of high school assemblies, colleges, prisons, street meetings and churches.
“Bob Laurent’s ability to communicate is his gift. I met him when I was a teen, and it changed my life forever. Bob’s sense of humor, his caring spirit and his passion to communicate Christ have impacted countless thousands of people. While many have influenced the style of music I play--Bob Laurent influenced the content.”
-- Michael W. Smith, Christian musician and songwriter
Dr. Bob has been the keynote speaker at over 100 national conferences and more than 500 regional conferences since 1972. He has appeared several times on Dr. James Dobson’s Focus on the Family and Pat Robertson’s Heart to Heart. He has served as chapel speaker for a number of major league baseball teams including the Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twins. As a college professor and tennis coach, Bob received the “Sears Roebuck Teaching Excellence Award” and the “Outstanding Faculty Member Award.”
Bob has authored the books, It’s Time To Be Bold, with Michael W. Smith (Word, 1977), Keeping Your Teen in Touch With God (featured book on Focus on the Family; D.C. Cook), A World of Differents (Fleming Revell), Bringing Your Teen Back to God (Cook), and What a Way to Go (D.C. Cook). He recently finished writing Watchman Nee: Man of Suffering for Barbour Press’ Heroes of the Faith series.
He grew up in Springfield, Illinois, attended Millikin University, Judson College (B.A. ‘68), Northern Baptist Theological Seminary (M. Div., ‘71; D. Min., ‘82) and completed a Ph.D. in religious education at Andrews University in 1986. Bob was Professor of Bible at Judson College in Elgin, Illinois for 11 years where he also served as the college’s Vice-President for Student Development for 4 years. Currently, Bob is Vice President for College Relations at Bethel College in Mishawaka, Indiana and is fulfilling a personal life-long dream as a free-lance writer. He also serves as a teaching pastor at Granger Community Church. He and his beloved wife, Joyce, live in Granger, Indiana and remain close to their four children.
“Bob Laurent started preaching very early and grew as his experience broadened. He also worked hard to add to his formal education. These facts, combined with a loyalty to the home and church, have made his ministry a lasting one. He is poised and experienced for the task of communicator, and his message is clear.” -- Jay Kesler, former President, Taylor University
