Pastor Ron Christiansen was born to medical missionaries in Zimbabwe, Africa, where he lived the first years of his life. After his family's return to the United States, they settled in Stoughton, Wisconsin. When Ron was in high school, his parents were called into camping ministry and joined the staff of Timber-lee Christian Center in East Troy. Pastor Ron attended the East Troy Bible Church as a youth and graduated from East Troy High School.
Pastor Ron is a graduate of Moody Bible Institute and DePaul University in Chicago. He served as Youth Pastor of the Devon Church of Jesus Christ in Chicago and interned at both the Bible Church of Little Rock, Arkansas and the Chapel in Akr