Dr. Bob Mitchell

Dr. Bob Mitchell is a sky-diving, white-water canoeing, weight-lifting, Half-Dome-climbing enthusiast who has dreamed of being a pastor since he was eight. He has been living out that dream for over three decades. His passionate love for God and His Word has shaped his life-mission: to help people experience God through understanding and living out the wisdom found in the scriptures. After earning his Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry degrees from Fuller Seminary, his first nine years of ministry were in a rural congregation in the Smoky Mountains of east Tennessee. He then served as the lead pastor of Lincoln Presbyterian Church in Stockton, CA for 27 years. He has also ministered as lead chaplain for the Stockton Fire Department for over twenty years. He and his wife Trish have three children and three grandchildren.