Arnie Cole (EdD, Pepperdine) is the CEO of Back to the Bible and Director of Research and Development for the Center for Bible Engagement. With his passion for research and helping others, Dr. Cole has been active most of his professional life in developing methodologies, processes and best practices to instill significant behavioral change in individuals. A serial entrepreneur, Arnie pioneered disruptive organizations in California that successfully moved violent patients with developmental disabilities out of institutions and safely into the community and employment. Dr. Cole has also served with YWAM’s Business as Missions group in the Middle East, CEO of MegaVoice LLC, as well as Vice President of Development for Mission Aviation Fellowship. Today he is responsible for the digital media ministries as well as Research & Development at Back to the Bible.
For the past 18 years, he has done life transformation research and field work on the spiritual lives of people from around the world as it relates to spiritual formation, spiritual fitness and life transformation. Additionally, he leads a team that developed a spiritual fitness assessment that supports a spiritual needs-based algorithm that is the heart of a daily spiritual fitness digital platform that helps people engage in Scripture on the path of life transformation. Dr. Cole is the co-author of several books, including Unstuck: Your Life, God's Design, Real Change; Worry Free Living; Tempted, Tested, and True (all Bethany House Publishers). Arnie and his wife Char are the parents of adult children. They operate Still Waters Equestrian Academy which is an equestrian ministry that serves as a community outreach. The Coles live near Lincoln, Nebraska.