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| Hometown: | |||||
| Royal Oak, Michigan, part of the Detroit Metroplex. | |||||
| Place of Birth: | |||||
| Oskaloosa, Iowa, but grew up in San Jacinto, California. | |||||
| Church Affiliation: | |||||
| The Missionary
Church (Not Christian and Missionary Alliance, but we're friendly
with 'em). |
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| Number of Years Writing: | |||||
| Ron's been writing 20+ years for church and denomination-related publications. In the last six months Ron has been writing freelance. | |||||
| List of Other Publications and Year Published: | |||||
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Emphasis Magazine: 1991, 1993, 1997, 2003. |
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| Education: | |||||
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B.S. from Biola University; MDiv. from Talbot Seminary. |
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| Employment: | |||||
| Ron's been the Sr. Pastor at Royal Oak Missionary Church for the last 13 years. His last day there was June 29,2003. The Bensons came to Michigan from Southern California, where Ron served as pastor of Nuevo Community Church in the town of Nuevo for seven years. | |||||
| Family: | |||||
| Ron's been married
27 years to Linda. Linda is a teacher in the Detroit area. They have four children, April (20), Jeremy (17), Garrison (14), and Jonathan (10). |
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| Additional Info: | |||||
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Ron and Linda are both PKs (Preacher's Kids). Ron is passionate about the need for pastors to take sabbaticals. If you want to know how a sabbatical could impact you as a pastor, or impact the pastor of your church, Ron would love to tell you. He enjoys candlery, gardening and camping. |
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