Ronald P. Byars

Ron Byars grew up in Nebraska. He served as pastor of congregations in Fremont, Allen Park, Okemos, and Birmingham, Michigan; and in Lexington, Kentucky. He has served both as a member and as chair of the Kentucky Commission on Christian Unity. In 1999 he joined the faculty of Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, Virginia. From a position in Chancel and Pulpit, he moved primarily to a place in the pew. He writes as one whose view has been shaped from the perspective of congregational life. He continues to write in retirement, living now in Lexington, Kentucky.