After running from the Lord for many years, Pastor Ron was saved at age 18. In the years following his salvation, God used several godly men and a solid, Bible-preaching church to help disciple him and prepare him for ministry. After finishing an undergrad degree in pastoral studies and a master’s degree in counseling, he and his wife Beneth moved to southern California to begin ministering in 2002 at Ironwood, where he and Beneth had met a few years earlier. Soon after arriving there, they felt the burden to plant a church in the small rural community surrounding the camp. For about eight years, God graciously allowed Ron to be a bi-vocational pastor working both at Ironwood and Faith Baptist Church of Cherokee Road. During the summer of 2009, Faith Baptist Church of Folsom, CA, officially called Pastor Ron to come and serve as their senior pastor. He and Beneth love the area and the people of the greater Sacramento area and consider it a great privilege to be serving the Lord there.

Pastor Ron’s favorite aspects of ministry are the preaching of God’s Word and the one-on-one shepherding of God’s people. He loves counseling and caring for God’s flock. In addition to pastoring, Pastor Ron enjoys serving his community, speaking at camps, and leading Rest Ministries, a ministry designed to encourage pastors and their wives. In his free time, he enjoys being outdoors, exploring northern California with his family and two German Shepherd dogs Konrad and Kiva, watching college football, reading Louis L ’Amour westerns, and weightlifting. Like Ron, Beneth also enjoys being outdoors; and she loves teaching her ladies’ Sunday school class and playing the piano. They have two married daughters.