Our Church Leadership

Our Church thrives because of the energy and style of the people who lead it. We are blessed to have two pastors who minister to the needs of our church family.

Rev. Benjamin Banner

Rev. Ben double-majored in Music and Art.went on to complete a graduate program at UCSB and received an M.Ed. and teaching credentials.

Rev. Ben then enrolled in Fuller Theological Seminary, where, according to a small framed piece of paper, he mastered the divine. His suggestion that they change the title to “Mastered by Divinity” has yet to catch on.

He was subsequently ordained in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and called to serve as the Solo Pastor of a small congregation in Panorama City, California. There he met and married his wife, Tiffany. Together, they now have two energetic sons—Blaise (9) and Silas (7), with a daughter on the way due in January 2026.

Oqur next call led us to Woodland Hills Presbyterian Church, where our faith and family continued to grow.

Rev. Bill Rutledge – Minister of Music

Reverend Bill Rutledge is a native of Tennessee. He attended Union University, a Southern Baptist liberal arts college in Jackson, TN. There he received a bachelor’s degree in music. He did his graduate work at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary School of Church Music where he earned a Masters of Church Music Degree with emphasis in piano performance. In 1979 Bill and his wife, Deanna moved to Kona, Hawaii where he served as worship leader alongside Integrity Hosanna! Worship Leader, Bob Fitts at University of the Nations. While on the Big Island he also served as minister of music at Kona Baptist Church. After 9 years in Kona, the Rutledges moved to Honolulu where they ministered for another 19 years at Kalihi Union Church.

The Rutledges moved to Bedford in 2014 when Bill was brought on staff as minister of music at Bedford Presbyterian. Besides his ministry to the church, he, along with his wife, Deanna, direct the Bedford Singing School, a ministry to elementary and high school children, mostly homeschoolers, in the Bedford area. For 10 years, Bill has been singing with the Roanoke Symphony Chorus and for 3 of those years was their principal accompanist. Bill and Deanna have one son and two grandchildren who live in Crozet, VA