Pastor Ryan Groh

The Rev. Ryan M. Groh was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on September 21, 1999, to his mother, Elizabeth Groh, and his father, Jeffrey Groh. He was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Moore, Oklahoma.

He attended the preschool and elementary school at St. John’s in Moore, then went on to a local public junior high and high school. He later enrolled at Concordia University in Seward, Nebraska, where he met his beautiful wife, Grace. They were married on April 18, 2020, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Columbia, Missouri. He graduated from Concordia University with a degree in Psychology, having also completed the Pre-Seminary program.

Following graduation, they moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana, where Pastor Groh attended Concordia Theological Seminary. He did his fieldwork at St. Thomas Lutheran Church in Ohio City, Ohio, and his vicarage at Faith Lutheran Church in Capistrano Beach, California. He graduated from Concordia Theological Seminary with a Master of Divinity and will be ordained into the Office of the Holy Ministry on July 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Jefferson City, Missouri.

St. Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 2:2, “For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.” 

This is the message that has been preached from the pulpits at Schubert and Babbtown and it is the same message that will continue to be preached. 

The pastors who proclaim this good news from the pulpit change over time, but the message is the same yesterday, today, and forever. I am humbled to serve as the next Pastor to proclaim this same good news of Christ and him crucified, and I ask for your prayers.

Grace and I are filled with such joy to be joining your community! We have been so excited to make this move since we heard the names of your congregations in April, and we look forward to getting to know all of you!

In Christ’s Love,

Pastor Groh