16 Years Ago...

The beginning of E4
In the middle of Bob’s seminary studies we started E4 out of a passion to see God’s church grow into the likeness of Jesus Christ through the equipping of thousands of Christians around the globe with solid Biblical teaching. For the first year we worked out of our single-wide mobile home. It was cramped, but the rent couldn't be beat.

Blessing & Seminary Postponed
We intended that Bob would be done with seminary before the birth of our first child, but Bob had to postpone his studies due to his responsibilities at E4. Starting such a large project was not the best idea for a seminarian, but realizing the great potential to benefit God’s church moved him forward. Bob felt that this CD could reach and impact far more people than he could as a pastor and so with that goal he founded the E4 group with the purpose of returning to seminary to pursue his call to the pastorate as soon as this vision was realized.

More Space & Low Rent
We came to need more space as the birth of Knox approached. Our mobile home was a two bedroom, but we now needed to use Bob’s office for Knox and Bob still needed an office. We also needed some space for warehousing and shipping the CD. God provided a church parsonage with very low rent that gave us enough room for both E4 and our family!

The Workers
To avoid the cost of buying office equipment and computers E4 used paid subcontractors who worked from their homes across the US. At the peak of production we had 45 subcontractors working from their homes doing scanning, proofreading, indexing, tagging and quality control.

Back to School
Once we have our members and the free CD is going out around the world, Bob will be able to return to seminary and pursue his pastoral call.

16 Years Later...

E4 Now
E4 has now produced over 50 Christ centered libraries and given them away to hundreds of thousands around the world. We have heard glorious testimonies of lives transformed and matured from those who otherwise lacked Biblical grounding or education. E4 is now a global ministry with offices in the U.S. and overseas. God continues to graciously use E4 powerfully and effectively for His glory and the good of His people.

Pastoring and Evangelism
Beyond E4, Bob was able to complete his Masters of Divinity, and we have had the privilege of planting a church and leading to Jesus many who were formerly hostile to God. We have witnessed lives renewed and restored by the power of the gospel. Seeing God change hearts and transform lives is humbling and incredibly exciting.

Our Family
Our boys are not little anymore. They are the greatest earthly evidence of God’s grace to us. They are strong, passionate for God, eager in their education and filled with a love for learning. We look forward with great anticipation to see God’s plan for each of them unfold. Knox loves to write and has a desire to use his strength to defend the weak. Owen believes he could have a greater impact for the kingdom of God as a politician than a preacher and devours history books to expand his understanding. Augie is brilliant in technology and gets to help Bob daily with his I.T. Company. The three of them handle all the shipping for E4 and enjoy seeing the wide variety of places the Bible study libraries are sent.