Clergy

Rev. Dr. Ryan O’Dowd has been the Rector of Christ Church of Atlanta since August 2025. Prior to this, he and his wife Amy planted Bread of Life Anglican Church in Ithaca, New York where Ryan also served as chaplain and Academic Director at Chesterton House a study center at Cornell University. He continues to serve as Senior Academic Advisor at Chesterton House. His many books and essay are focused on biblical wisdom and law and their application to Christian devotion and ethics. Among his publications are The Preacher’s Hebrew Commentary on Deuteronomy (Hendrickson, 2024) and Proverbs(Zondervan, 2017). Ryan is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy (1994), Reformed Theological Seminary, and the University of Liverpool (PhD). He retired from the Air Force Reserves in 2020. He and Amy have three grown, married children and one high-school daughter who lives with them in Sandy Springs.