About Our Pastor

Pastor Sarah Klaassen (she/her) began her call at Rock Bridge Christian Church in June 2016. Originally from rural Kansas, she attended college at Missouri State University and earned her Master of Divinity from Vanderbilt Divinity School in 2009. Sarah was ordained in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in 2015, and she remains connected to the Mennonite peace church traditions of her upbringing.

Sarah serves the wider church through the Mid-America Disciples Regional Commission on Ministry. She is active various ministries of peace and reconciliation, LGBTQ+ inclusion in the church, and faith-based social justice work in mid-Missouri and beyond.

She enjoys pastoring and preaching at the edges of the Christian faith, finding joy in conversations built on theological questions and in worship that honors the multiplicity of voices, gifts, perspectives at RBCC.

Several of her sermons are available here.

Sarah’s partner, Liz, is a journalist and an active member at RBCC.

Contact Sarah through our website here.