Our NexGen Pastor, Ryan Strong, comes to us from Manteca, California. He went to Sierra High School, played numerous sports and graduated in 1999. Currently, he is enrolled at Liberty University earning a Bachelors’ in Psychology.

Family is of the utmost importance to Ryan. He has been married to his beautiful wife, Amber for 16 years and has 4 active children. Payton is 13 and a cheerleader, Titus is 12 and a sportsman, Collins is 7 and most certainly will be a star and Zeke is 3 and will be into everything! All are beloved by our BIBC family.

Ryan has been in ministry for 20+ years, starting at the tender age of 18 in youth ministry at Grace Community Church in Manteca. From there, he moved to larger churches and bigger positions finally settling in as a full-time Youth Pastor. He was Ordained in 2017 at Valley Harvest Church. Ryan is very passionate about the youth and children of BIBC, as well as our community. He tries to get involved with as many community events as he can, even planning several child/youth oriented events. Ryan is a diehard St. Louis Cardinals fan and an avid outdoorsman – will hunt and fish for food!