Article Author: Ryan Cobb

Ryan Cobb has been in full-time vocational ministry with the Brethren in Christ Church for fourteen years, most recently as the senior pastor for the Millersville PA) congregation. He is now moving to a new career as a key accounts manager for an organic egg farm in New Holland, PA. While Ryan allows space for a new endeavor, he also hopes to support the local church with guest preaching and lay leadership. He and his family plan to stay closely connected to the Atlantic Conference of the Brethren in Christ Church.

A New and Ancient Evangelism
Discovering the Ways God Calls and Sends

By Ryan Cobb

April 2025 p. 113–116 | Book Review

JUDITH PAULSEN. A New and Ancient Evangelism: Discovering the Ways God Calls and Sends. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2024. Pp. 207. $21.99 (US) Paulsen pulls no bait and switch in her book A New and Ancient Evangelism. Sadly, we cannot say the same thing for the habits of North...read more

This Very Ground, This Crooked Affair
A Mennonite Homestead on Lenape Land

By Ryan Cobb

August 2023 p. 245–247 | Book Review

JOHN L. RUTH. This Very Ground, This Crooked Affair: A Mennonite Homestead on Lenape Land. Telford, PA: Cascadia Publishing House, 2021. Pp. 386. $37.95 US. Ruth’s book seeks to be a small act of restorative justice, an aim he states clearly at the beginning (1). Many North Americans do not...read more

The Making of Biblical Womanhood
How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth

By Ryan Cobb

August 2022 p. 318–320 | Book Review

Beth Allison Barr. The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth. Grand Rapids, MI: Bravos Prez, 2021. Pp. 243. $19.99 (U.S.) We are fortunate that Beth Allison Barr’s The Making of Biblical Womanhood addresses challenges and exposes the unfortunate patriarchy that defines much of modern...read more