Yay! Ryan Blackwell is from San Francisco, California by way of RonnieFloyd's 'Cross Church' network of chapels in the Ozarks:
news.lifeway.com
"Blackwell, 42, comes to Lifeway from his role as executive pastor and teaching pastor at Cross Church in Springdale, Arkansas....Prior to joining the staff at Cross Church, he served as senior pastor at First Baptist Church of San Francisco"
"Billy Stewart, chair of the search committee, commented on Blackwell’s election...'We believe him to be God’s man to lead Lifeway ‘for such a time as this’,' 'He distinguished himself from other candidates with his diverse pastoral experiences'."
"In addition to Stewart, of Jackson, Mississippi, trustees appointed to the search committee include Beth Greene from Knoxville, Tennessee; Madeline Harris from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Caleb Iorg from Portland, Oregon; Michael Schmidt from Reno, Nevada; and Rob Sumrall from Elizabethtown, Kentucky, James Carroll, from Bardstown, Kentucky, is an ex officio member in his role as Lifeway chair."
Lifeway trustees elect Ryan Blackwell as president and CEO
Lifeway Christian Resources trustees elected Dr. Ryan Blackwell as the organization’s 11th president and CEO during a special-called meeting April 22 in Nashville.
news.lifeway.com
"Blackwell, 42, comes to Lifeway from his role as executive pastor and teaching pastor at Cross Church in Springdale, Arkansas....Prior to joining the staff at Cross Church, he served as senior pastor at First Baptist Church of San Francisco"
"Billy Stewart, chair of the search committee, commented on Blackwell’s election...'We believe him to be God’s man to lead Lifeway ‘for such a time as this’,' 'He distinguished himself from other candidates with his diverse pastoral experiences'."
"In addition to Stewart, of Jackson, Mississippi, trustees appointed to the search committee include Beth Greene from Knoxville, Tennessee; Madeline Harris from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Caleb Iorg from Portland, Oregon; Michael Schmidt from Reno, Nevada; and Rob Sumrall from Elizabethtown, Kentucky, James Carroll, from Bardstown, Kentucky, is an ex officio member in his role as Lifeway chair."