Rev. Dr. John Ragsdale, Instructor for Theology

Rev. Dr. John Ragsdale will teach Theology on Friday, May 17, at the Florida Regional APA Conference in Jacksonville Beach.Visit www.floridaapa.org for Conference Registration. 

John Ragsdale recently retired from the pastorate and is a certified yoga teacher and active community volunteer in Jacksonville.   

Growing up in North Carolina, John graduated from the University of North Carolina. He then worked in the business world for 15 years, lastly as Chief Financial Officer of Atlantic Builders, Inc., a home-builder. 

Responding to the call the full-time ministry, John attended Columbia Theological Seminary and earned his doctorate from McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago. He has served as pastor of churches in Orange Park, Gainesville, Jacksonville, and Green Cove Springs, as the Executive Director of the Montgomery Presbyterian Center, and as Mission Coordinator for Leadership of the Presbytery of St. Augustine. 

John and his wife Sally have three sons. 

For those of you taking the Theology course, Dr. Ragsdale requests that each participant read two of the Confessions and write a list of five foundational beliefs and five items of faith or belief they have trouble with or doubt.