Bob was born in Michigan, spending his early years in a small rural setting before moving to metropolitan Flint. After high school and one year at the University of Michigan, he met and married his wife Michelle. Bob received his Bachelor of Science in Transformational Christian Ministry from Warner University in Lake Wales, Florida where he graduated cum laude.
Bob has pastored in both Flint and Greenville, Michigan along with Summerville, South Carolina, until moving back to Michigan in 2022 to pastor at First Congregational Church of Wayne, Michigan.