Riley B. Case is a retired member of the North Indiana Conference.  He is a graduate of Taylor University and Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, with a graduate degree from Northwestern University and an honorary degree from Taylor University. 

Dr. Case’s appointment before retiring was St. Luke’s UM Church Kokomo.  Before that he was the district superintendent of the Marion District of the North Indiana Conference.  He represented the conference five different times at the General Conference and seven times at the North Central Jurisdictional Conference.  At the general church level he served as a consultant on the Hymnal Revision Committee (1984-1988) and was a member of the Curriculum Resources Committee of the Board of Discipleship. 

Dr. Case is the author of numerous articles and three books: Evangelical and Methodist a Popular History published by Abingdon, an account of evangelical renewal in the United Methodist Church; Understanding the New United Methodist Hymnal published by Bristol, an analysis of the 1988 hymnal; and How Hackleburg Became a 13-Pie Church, published by Bristol, a whimsical account of Methodist church life in a small town in Indiana.  

Riley and his wife Ruth live in Kokomo, Indiana where Riley also serves as president of the board of the Kokomo Rescue Mission, does bird-watching, gardening, and collects (and deals in) Methodist books.  The Cases have four children and nine grandchildren.