DEACON - CANDIDATE INFORMATION PACKET - Ryan Fields

Rev. Christopher Ryan Fields 731 Hinman Ave., Apt. 3W Evanston, IL 60202 Phone: (904) 707-5531 Email: ryanfields84@gmail.com

EDUCATION: 2006

B.A. in Religion Minors in History, Philosophy Completed University Honors Program Graduated Summa Cum Laude, Co-Valedictorian College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Florida M.Div. with Pastor/Teacher and Pastoral Care concentrations Graduated Summa Cum Laude Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

2011

2011

Th.M. with a concentration in Systematic Theology Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

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Ph.D. in Theological Studies with a concentration in Systematic Theology (Pending) Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY / CHURCH & PARACHURCH INVOLVEMENT: 2002-2006 Served at the W. W. W. United Methodist Church Camp as a Team Member in 2002 and 2003 and as Middle School Team Leader from 2004-2006

2005-2006 Served as president of Reformed University Fellowship, University of Florida

2006-2007 Served as Pastoral Intern at Creekside Community Church, Gainesville FL

2007

Served with Pioneers USA as an Edge Team Coordinator for a summer mission trip to Ghana

2007-2008 Served as Director of College Ministries at Creekside Community Church

2009-2011 Served as Pastoral Apprentice at Evanston Bible Fellowship, Evanston IL

2009-2011 Served as an intern for the Henry Center at TEDS

2010-2011 Served as a Resident Assistant for on-campus graduate housing at TEDS

2011

Participated in Ravi Zacharias Fellowship for Cultural Engagement at TEDS

Began serving as an Associate Pastor at Creekside Community Church

2012

Licensed by the Evangelical Free Church of America

Helped to oversee a church mission trip to Hungary as part of a continuing education initiative sponsored by the Kern Foundation entitled “Pastoral Ministry and International Missions: Exploring the Intersection”