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Our Pastoral Team

Ryan McVicar

Lead Pastor

Ryan grew up in central Illinois and became a Christian while in college at Murray State University. After college he married his best friend, Megan, who is from Hot Springs, Arkansas and a graduate of Rhodes College. Together they worked on staff with Campus Outreach to start two new college ministries in the Midwest.
Following their time in college ministry, they moved to Orlando, Florida where Ryan pursued theological training at Reformed Theological Seminary. In 2012, upon serving churches in Memphis and the Detroit area, Ryan, together with Megan and their three children (Nevin, Molly and Anna) moved to Royal Oak, MI to plant New City Presbyterian Church and to establish the Detroit Project, a ministry that exists to be a catalyst for a church planting movement throughout the Detroit region.
Ryan served as New City's Senior Pastor for ten years (2012 - 2022) and saw New City grow into a thriving, fruitful church. In 2022, the McVicar family was persuaded God was calling them to begin the privileged work of a new church start-up in Ann Arbor. The McVicar's are thrilled to be part of the Ann Arbor community and feel honored to serve the people of this great city.

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Bruce Baker

Pastoral Apprentice

Bruce grew up on a small farm in Michigan. That land and its people taught him to love God and love God’s creatures. Bruce ran varsity track and field at Olivet College. In between practice and meets, he also managed to earn his BA in Business Administration.
Bruce met his wife, Savannah, while serving as a camp counselor in 2017. They were married in 2019. Their son, Ellis is one year old, and they have another child on the way!
Bruce earned his M.Div. from RTS Orlando while serving as children and youth ministries director at his home church. Upon completing Bruce's theological education in Orlando, The Bakers moved to Ann Arbor where Bruce joined the staff of Red Tree Presbyterian Church. The Bakers enjoys coffee, ice cream, backpacking, reading, and running.

Robert Knuth

Campus Minister

Robert grew up along the coast of Virginia Beach, VA where he developed such a love for his native state that he decided to attend Washington and Lee University. He graduated from W&L in May of 2014 with a BA in Religion and German. Most importantly though (thanks to RUF), he carried with him a new-found love for the person and work of Jesus Christ.
From 2014-2016, he served for two years as a RUF intern at the University of Georgia. It was during the internship that he met his wife, Katherine, who also served as a RUF intern. Even though she attended Wake Forest University during her undergraduate years, Katherine originally hails from Leland, MI.
Upon graduation from Reformed Theological Seminary at Charlotte in 2019 with a Masters of Divinity degree, Robert planted RUF at Michigan in the Fall of 2019. He was officially ordained in March 2020 as a Teaching Elder in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA).When he is not on campus, you’ll most likely find him taking his son, Peter (July 2018), his daughter, Abigail (December 2019), and/or his son, Thomas (January 2023), for a walk in the park. He will find any excuse to play the board game "Settlers of Catan" with friends, or especially on nice days, explore downtown Ann Arbor with Katherine. Go Blue!