Rev. Bryan L. Ton, B.A., M.Div.

Rev. Bryan L. Ton has been pastor of Forest UMC since June of 2005. Previous assignments, since entering ministry in 1982, include churches in South Bend, Angola, Dyer, Kewanna, Alexandria and Bippus, all in the North Indiana Conference. Before entering ministry, Rev. Ton was an English and German teacher in the Michigan City Area Schools system. He is both an Indiana Army National Guard and U. S. Air Force veteran.

Pastor Bryan holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in German from Purdue University, and a Master of Divinity degree from Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminaries, Elkhart, Indiana. He was ordained a Deacon in the United Methodist Church in 1984, and ordained to the order of Elder in 1991.

He is married to Beverly, and they have four grown children, all of whom lead very interesting lives.