Excerpt from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Bell, Retrieved on 4/29/2007: Robert "Rob" Bell (born August 23, 1970) is an author, Christian speaker, and the founding pastor of Mars Hill Bible Church located in Grandville, Michigan. He is also the featured speaker in the first series of spiritual short films called NOOMA. Bell and his wife, Kristen, have two boys and one girl and live in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is often looked at as very controversial in regards to his views on Christianity and the modern church,