Ryan Smith is the Lead Pastor of Arrow Heights Baptist Church in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. He and his wife Allison have two children. Ryan has a Doctorate of Ministry degree in Apologetics as well as a Masters of Theology degree from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He also has a Masters of Divinity degree from Gateway Seminary. Ryan serves as an adjunct instructor for the Doctoral Program at Midwestern seminary as well. As a local church pastor, Ryan started the Trust the Circle initiative in 2020 to help equip the church to understand Biblical Sexuality and LGBTQA+ concerns in the culture, community, and local church. Ryan speaks at various conferences and events and has written two books: Trust the Circle: Trusting God’s Design for Sex and Sexuality and Not That God: Trading the Believable Lie for the Unbelievable Truth.