Robert "Rob" Bell (born August 23, 1970) is a best-selling author, Christian speaker, an 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, and has been tagged by some in the press as "the next Billy Graham." Bell and his wife, Kristen, have two boys and live in Grand Rapids, Michigan, a city which he affectionately calls "G-Rap".