Cara Smith

Cara Smith is the author (or co-author with her husband, Michael) of over eighteen Bible study guides. She is the former director of Women's Ministry at The Chapel in Akron, Ohio, and has been leading women in Bible study for more than 30 years. Cara seeks to help believers come to know the God of the Bible through small-group Bible study resources that emphasize personal study and small-group interaction.

Cara has a B.S. in Physical Therapy from the University of Minnesota. Before her nearly 6 years as a Women's Ministry Director, she spent 15 years as a stay-at-home mom and ran her own landscape design business for 10 years. She enjoys hiking, tandem bicycling, ballroom dancing, cooking, painting, and gardening. She and her husband, Michael, have three grown children and a growing group of grandchildren.