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Paul Ryan is the Worship Pastor at Calvin University, and a staff member of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship. Paul is a graduate of Indiana University School of Music and Calvin Theological Seminary, and is an ordained pastor in the Christian Reformed Church in North America. (source and photo:...

Fr. Dominic Ryan lives at the Priory of the Holy Spirit in Oxford, where he is prefect of the libary. (Source and photo: english.op.org)

Rev. Will Ryan is the senior minister of First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) of Fulton, MO. (Source: fultonfirstchristianchurch.org)

Fr. Columba Ryan died in 2009. (Source: english.op.org)

Jerry Ryan (d. 2025) was a frequent contributor to Commonweal Magazine. (Source: commonwealmagazine.org)

Dr. Dale Ryan was Associate Professor of Recovery Ministry at Fuller Seminary, and the CEO of Christian Recovery International. He was previously a member of the faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where his research focused on naturally occurring food toxins and on protein biochemistry. He is a graduate of...

George Alfred Taylor Rygh (1860-1942) was an American hymn writer. He gra­du­at­ed in 1861 from Lu­ther Col­lege, De­cor­ah, Io­wa, at­tend­ed Lu­ther Se­mi­na­ry and Ca­pi­tal Uni­ver­si­ty for two years, and taught at Lu­ther Se­mi­na­ry in 1883. He went on to serve as a pastor and teacher in Main, North Dakota, Wisconsin,...

Dr. Philip G. Ryken is the eighth president of Wheaton College, where he has overseen initiatives in curriculum development, campus diversity, and the arts, as well as launching new academic programs including engineering, humanitarian disaster leadership, and a Doctor of Ministry. A Wheaton alumnus, he earned his BA in English literature...

Dr. David M. Rylaarsdam is a Professor of the History of Christianity and Worship. He graduated from Dordt College, Calvin Theological Seminary, and the University of Notre Dame. He began his teaching career at Smith Memorial Bible College in Nigeria and has since taught at Notre Dame, Dordt College, the Missional...

John Charles Ryle (1816–1900) was an English Anglican bishop, evangelical preacher, and writer, notable as the first bishop of Liverpool. Born in Macclesfield to a prominent family, he was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, where he experienced a profound religious conversion in 1837. Initially considering a political career,...