About Robert

Robert Pinzón has been the Lead Pastor of Lighthouse of Hope Community Church / Faro de Esperanza in Illinois for twenty-eight years. He came to ministry from police work and carried both careers at once for fourteen years, retiring after more than twenty-five years of police service.

Two careers spent close to people in difficulty taught him something he has not been able to unsee. Most of us spend our days in the room with the people we love without being fully present to them. He has watched it in the families he has served, in the couples he has counseled, and in his own life.

That is the subject of his first book, Present in Your Presence: The Five Elements of Love, to be released December 22, 2026. It works through attention, affection, intimacy, faithfulness and service, carried by ordinary scenes and life observation, rather than theory. It is written for any reader, not only a church audience. A companion workbook and journal is in production, and a Spanish edition is in translation. Both will be available in January 2027.

Robert is a father to two adult kids, a stepfather to four adult kids, and a grandfather to nine beautiful grandkids. He lives in Illinois with his wife, Janette Contreras.