

In 2014, he became a teaching pastor at Woodlands Church in The Woodlands and a professor of Christian thought at Houston Baptist University. In 2004, he left his post as pastor to host the Christian apologetics show Faith Under Fire. In 2000, he became pastor at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest. Strobel became teaching pastor of Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Illinois, from 1987 to 2000.

Prompted by the results of his investigation, he became a Christian at the age of 29. Strobel states he was an atheist when he began investigating the biblical claims about Christ after his wife's conversion. Strobel later became assistant managing editor of the Daily Herald, before leaving journalism in 1987. Small Memorial award) for his coverage of the Pinto crash trial involving a class-action lawsuit against the Ford Motor Company in Winamac, Indiana. In 1980, the UPI Illinois Editors Association newspaper award program gave him a first place for public service (the Len H. Lee was a journalist for the Chicago Tribune and other newspapers for 14 years. He received a journalism degree from University of Missouri and a Master of Studies in Law degree from Yale Law School. Strobel was born in Arlington Heights, Illinois.

He also hosted a television program called Faith Under Fire on PAX TV and runs a video apologetics web site. He has written several books, including four which received ECPA Christian Book Awards (1994, 1999, 2001, 2005) and a series which addresses challenges to the veracity of Christianity. Lee Patrick Strobel (born January 25, 1952) is an American Christian author and a former investigative journalist.
