RYAN FINNEY
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Kansas City

Following Jesus.
Serving the Church.
Helping people become more like Christ.

I’m Ryan—a husband, dad, software engineer, church leader, teacher, and musician in Kansas City.

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What I care about

Teaching & Formation

Scripture, preaching, spiritual formation, and learning to live the way of Jesus.

Church & Creativity

Leadership, worship, music, drumming, woodworking, and the creative life.

Technology & Work

Software, organizational culture, and how the things we build shape the people who use them.

Featured teaching
1 John 3:16–18

Love Gives

What if generosity begins not with what God asks us to give, but with what God has already given?

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A little about me

Much of my life exists somewhere between family, software, church, theology, music, and whatever project I currently have going in the garage.

By vocation, I’m a software engineer. By calling and community, I serve in leadership, teaching, and worship in my local church.

I care about Scripture, spiritual formation, creativity, and the ways our work and tools form us as people.

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Teaching

Teaching has become one of the central ways I serve in the local church—helping people encounter Scripture, trust Jesus, and imagine what faithfulness looks like in ordinary life.

Ryan preaching on stage at church
Teaching at New Wine Church
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