The Reverend Steve J. Crump

Our Senior Minister has chief responsibilities of supervision of the staff along with the ministerial responsibilities of pastoral counseling, conducting worship services, celebrating rites of passage, teaching, preaching, writing, and working in areas of social justice both within the congregation and in community outreach.

The Reverend Dr. Steve J. Crump began his ministry at our church in 1983. He received his M.A. from the University of Chicago Divinity School and Doctorate of Ministry from Meadville-Lombard Theological School in Chicago.

Read his Sermon Archive and newsletter columns Crump's Expressway.

The Reverend Earle Ramsdell

The Rev. Earle R. Ramsdell a retired clergy person is the Volunteer Director of Pastoral Care at UCBR. Following a career in Pastoral Ministry, Earle served on the staff of Councils of Churches in Rhode Island and Michigan. Then for twenty five years he directed a program in training Pastoral Counselors in Dallas, Texas. More recently, he served for eight years as a member of the South Regional Sub Committee on Candidacy interviewing candidates for ministry in the UUA.