Robert Kolb

Rev. Dr. Robert Kolb received M. Div. and S.T.M. degrees from Concordia Seminary in St. Louis and a Ph.D. in history at the University of Wisconsin. He served as the director of the Center for Reformation Research from 1973-1977 and as a professor at Concordia College in Saint Paul, Minnesota from 1977-1993, then the acting president from 1989-1990. Kolb was then the director of the Institute for Mission Studies and professor of systematic theology at Concordia Seminary in Saint Louis from 1993-2006. He continues to teach classes at the seminary following his retirement. For a large part of his teaching career, Kolb has spent three months of each year leading workshops for post-Soviet churches in more than ten different countries. Kolb's published work focuses on Martin Luther and his influence on his students and colleagues. Kolb has edited and authored several translations, articles, and books throughout his career that all concentrate on the Lutheran Reformation. With Timothy J. Wengert he edited a new translation of The Book of Concord in 2000. Kolb wrote Speaking the Gospel Today, A Theology for Evangelism in 1984 with Concordia Publishing House. A second edition and several translations followed. He then wrote The Christian Faith, a Lutheran Exposition, also published by Concordia Publishing House in 1993 with translations throughout the following years. A second edition is set to be published in 2024. Kolb has one other title published by Concordia Publishing House in 2019 called Nikolaus von Amsdorf: Champion of Martin Luther’s Reformation.