Dr. Robert F Lay

Dr. Bob Lay formerly served as the Dean of The Urban Ministry Institute of Los Angeles from 2011-2021, and earned his Doctorate in Practical Theology from Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, VA., and Masters degrees from Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary (Magna Cum Laude, Old Testament Studies) and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (M.Ed.). He served as Assistant Professor of Religion at Northwestern College of Iowa from 1990-1995; and as Professor in the Department of Bible, Christian Educational Ministries, and Philosophy at Taylor University in Indiana from 1995-2010. Dr. Bob has published: Books Jesus Read, Learning from the Apocrypha (TUMI Press, 2022); The Ancient Witnesses, A Journey to Discover our Sacred Roots (TUMI Press, 2019); Readings in Historical Theology: Primary Sources of the Christian Faith (Kregel Press, 2009), Lessons of Infinite Advantage: William Taylor’s California Experiences (Scarecrow Press, 2010), and scholarly articles in American religious history, some of which appear in the Encyclopedia of Religion in America (CQ Press, 2011) and the Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011). In 2021 Dr. Bob retired to the mountains of North Carolina, where he teaches ancient history, literature, and Bible in the upper school at Grace Academy of Boone.