Richland Road Church of Christ

Russell Howard loves Jesus and loves to tell the story about Jesus to people! He grew up on the western slope of the Colorado Rockies in Paonia, Colorado. He graduated from Freed-Hardman University in 1979 with a degree in Bible. Before moving to Marion to work with the Richland Road Church of Christ in 1990, he preached for seven years in Mt. Vernon, Ohio and for four years in Lyles, Tennessee. Since 1984, he has directed the Central Ohio Men’s Leadership Retreat that draws men from all over Ohio and from surrounding states.  Russell and his wife, Diane, were married in 1978, and are the parents of two grown children and two grandchildren.

Ryan graduated in 2002 with a degree in Music Ministry from Rochester College. Soon after graduation, he moved to Central Ohio with his wife and placed membership here at RRCC, where she attended while growing up. He has been thankful to serve as the Children’s Minister since 2015. He loves the families of this congregation and feels very blessed to have been given this opportunity. He particularly enjoys helping lead the children in worship, working with the Bible Bowl class, and working on VBS skits every summer. Ryan and his wife have 4 beautiful children.