Ronald Comoglio is our newest Capitol Commission State Minister, recently returned to Alabama to serve the spiritual needs of the legislators and staffers in Montgomery. He and his family moved to the Birmingham area in 1979 and he is a graduate of the original Shades Valley High School, Class of 1984. In 1988 he graduated from the University of Alabama with an engineering degree in hand and Second Lieutenant bars on his shoulders. For the next 35 years he and his bride, the former Rebekah Beth Gardner, served 11 tours in the United States Air Force, living in such various places as Italy, Germany, Nebraska, and New Mexico. Ron retired from active duty in April 2011 and has been serving as a federal government civilian at Headquarters USAF in the Pentagon until spring 2024.

Ron’s spiritual journey began as a young teen when he accepted God’s gracious gift of salvation by faith in the atoning sacrifice of Jesus on the cross. His love of Bible study took off after college and he found himself in the roles of Bible Study leader and Sunday School teacher again and again as he and his family traveled the world on Air Force duty. His involvement with Officer’s Christian Fellowship and Christian Military Fellowship led to his role as base representative for those organizations and inspired his mission to support the military chaplaincy. As God grew his family to include five children, this couple who met and were married at Briarwood Presbyterian Church began to join non-denominational Bible and Southern Baptist churches. And all along the way Ron was teaching classes and studies, many times from their home.

Upon retirement from active duty, Ron and Beth settled in Northern Virginia as he began work at the Pentagon in civil service and became a bi-vocational pastor/elder at Occoquan Bible Church, Lake Ridge, Virginia, serving as the Music Minister, then Youth Pastor. The experience of nearly ten years serving as a pastor qualified him to serve now with Capitol Commission. He gained immeasurable experience of on-the-job training in teaching, preaching, and counseling congregants before being called to Alabama.

His additional qualifications are how his adult children follow Jesus and are raising up the next generation of image bearing God followers in the form of his six (almost seven) grandchildren.
Ron and Beth love Jesus and enjoy sharing what God has done in their lives and expect the Lord will bless legislators and leaders in Alabama as well. For God’s glory and our joy.