About Ed Dobson:
Edward G. Dobson is a Northern Irish-American pastor who was formerly an executive at the Moral Majority. After becoming disillusioned with the Christian Right he went on to become pastor of a large megachurch in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Dobson was later diagnosed with ALS and has since become nationally known as an author and speaker. His son, Kent Dobson, is the current pastor of Mars Hill Bible Church, which was formerly pastored by Rob Bell. Bell was mentored by the elder Dobson.