Staff

Luke Bobo

Associate Minister

Luke Bobo

Luke Bobo has served in churches in Kansas City, MO, St. Louis, MO, and Kansas City, KS in various roles including Associate Minister, Adult Education Teacher, and Minister of Christian Education. He co-owns Pursuing the Greater Good, a consulting firm through which he teaches, speaks, and writes. Previously, Luke worked as the Director of Bioethics at Kansas City University (Kansas City, MO), Chief Program Officer for Arrabon (Richmond, VA); and he held several key positions at Made to Flourish. Luke worked for fifteen years in the marketplace as an engineer before pursuing an Master of Divinity (MDiv) and PhD and eventually serving as the executive director of the Francis Schaeffer Institute at Covenant Theological Seminary (St Louis, MO). Luke has served as an associate professor of Christian ministry studies at Lindenwood University (St. Charles, MO) and wrote a curriculum for a workplace ministry.

Luke is a former visiting instructor of contemporary culture at Covenant Theological Seminary. He is also the author of Living Salty and Light Filled Lives in the Workplace and A Layperson’s Guide to Biblical Interpretation: A Means to Know the Personal God. He co-authored Discipleship with Monday in Mind: How Churches Across the Country Are Helping Their People Connect Faith and Work, and Stories, Statistics, Solutions: Toward Understanding and Including People with Disabilities in Faith Communities. He speaks and/or has written on faith and work, Sabbath rest and play, cultural hermeneutics, biblical justice, ethics, bioethics, apologetics, contextualization, and film and theology. Besides his MDiv and PhD, Luke also holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.

He is married to Dr. Rita S. Holmes-Bobo; and they have two adult children, Briana and Caleb (Sabrina).