Pastor Naylor is a native Hoosier having grown up in Plymouth, IN.  Ron's undergraduate education was at Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri where he majored in Political Science and Religion.  He graduated in 1970 from Princeton Theological Seminary and did doctorial studies at The Ecumenical Theological Seminary in Detroit in the area of Spiritual Development.   Ron received a Doctor of Humane Letters degree from his alma mater, Westminister College in 2004.

Ron has served churches in Rushville, IN, Greenville, OH and Port Huron, Michigan before coming to Muncie First as Pastor and Head of Staff in 1985.

Dr. Naylor and his wife Susan are the parents of two sons, Joel and Ryan and two grandaughters, Olivia and Lauren. Joel and Brenda (his wife) live in Yorktown and Ryan is a senior at The University of Denver in Colorado.

Ron's call to ministry in Muncie has been focused in the area of spiritual leadership and mission outreach.  Ron believes in building up people who find joy in serving and giving themselves away for the sake of Christ.  He feels worship and preaching are central for the church to find it's vision and respond with compassion and love to the broader community.  Ron feels that our culture is crying out for Christians to be salt and light, living demonstrations for the transforming love of Christ. He feels that is happening in a powerful way at Muncie First.