Kent Smith

P. KENT SMITH is a teacher, trainer and visionary community developer who co-founded both the LK10 Network and the Eden Community, where he has discovered companionship in his quest to see vibrant communities of God’s love in close reach of everyone worldwide.

Growing up outside Chicago, Kent began asking, “How can people in our time actually experience the lifestyle of Joy in community promised by Jesus?” His search for answers led him through undergraduate and graduate degrees, and finally to a doctorate on Spiritual Nurture Systems at the University of Dubuque. Along the way, he led several new and established churches.

In 1991 Kent joined the faculty of Abilene Christian University and began training domestic and overseas mission teams. After a year in Oxford, England in 2002, he became the founding director of ACU’s graduate internship in missional leadership, the Missionary Residency for North America (MRNA). In 2008, Kent co-founded LK10 where he serves as overseer and Ecosystem Champion.

Currently, Kent directs ACU’s Apprenticeship in Regenerative Culture (ARC) and serves on the steering committee of the Nurturing Communities Network. He and his wife Karen have five children and eleven grandchildren. They enjoy gardening, writing, research, travel and their shared work with the Eden Community of coaching students and consulting with new community initiatives across North America.