Bro. Ben Ryan began his pastorate at First Free Will Baptist Church in  August of 2018. He attended Free Will Baptist Bible College (Welch College) in Nashville, Tennessee, where he studied business. He owned his own home inspection business and served as a youth pastor and a deacon in Tennessee for 13 years. He answered the call to preach in 2010 and took his first pastorate in Batesville, Arkansas, in 2012. He and his wife, Jennifer, have three children.

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