ST PAUL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Join us in welcoming our new pastor: Rev. Elaine Ruth

Rev. Elaine Ruth graduated from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville with a Bachelor of Arts in English and spent most of her career as a technical writer for Department of Energy contractors. Her husband, the Rev. Bob Ruth, is also a pastor. Ordained ministry is a second career for both of them. Rev. Elaine Ruth has been a pastor in the Holston Conference since 2011 and husband Bob since 2012. Both Elaine and Bob earned a Master of Divinity degree from the School of Theology at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee.

Rev. Elaine Ruth shares “My favorite pastimes are walking, reading, and binge watching British television. My husband Bob lives and dies according to the state of Tennessee Volunteer sports, especially football and basketball. He is also an avid outdoorsman.”