Ray Bakke

Ray Bakke is world renowned as a minister and educator devoted to helping the church love the cities as God loves them. Bakke is author of "Street Signs": "A New Direction in Urban Ministry "and two urban ministry classics: "The Urban Christian "and "A Theology as Big as the City," He is also author of "The Expanded Mission of City Center Churches "and "A Biblical Word for an Urban World," Bakke has worked with a network of more than 100 urban-based church and missions leaders in many of the...See more

Ray Bakke is world renowned as a minister and educator devoted to helping the church love the cities as God loves them. Bakke is author of "Street Signs": "A New Direction in Urban Ministry "and two urban ministry classics: "The Urban Christian "and "A Theology as Big as the City," He is also author of "The Expanded Mission of City Center Churches "and "A Biblical Word for an Urban World," Bakke has worked with a network of more than 100 urban-based church and missions leaders in many of the largest cities of the world. Currently Bakke is the chancellor for global urban ministry at Bakke Graduate University of Ministry. Brad Smith serves as president of Bakke Graduate University (BGU) of Ministry. Prior to joining BGU, he served as president/CEOwith the Leadership Network, an organization focused on church health and innovation. He is the founding pastor of Kessler Community Church, located in a racially diverse, urban neighborhood in Dallas. He was a founder for the Center for Christian Leadership at Dallas Theological Seminary and was responsible for developing spiritual formation and leadership programs. He and his wife, Debby, have three children. See less