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The Ridge Church

Campus Pastor

Columbus,
Indiana
The Ridge is looking for a great leader who can help launch a new campus for the church. With an existing core group of people and lots of support from the church, the campus pastor must be able to cast vision, recruit and develop leaders and execute a strategy to launch a campus. The Campus Pastor will have the opportunity to preach some weekends, but the main focus will be overseeing staff and volunteers, engaging the community and executing the vision of The Ridge. This is a great opportunity for someone who would like a leadership opportunity in building a significant campus that is impacting a local community.

Why I Love This Opportunity

I love this opportunity because The Ridge is not just in a healthy place, but they are in a place where God is using their health, their leadership, and their vision to reach people all over central and southeast Indiana. This is an incredible opportunity for someone who is looking for the chance to lead a team of people who are excited about reaching their community for Jesus. This person will have the chance to lead, develop staff and volunteers, and reach a community through launching and leading a new campus for The Ridge. What a great opportunity to be a part of a movement of God at a significant level.

Ernest Smith

Associate

A great match for this position would be:

  • Shepherding and Galvanizing People: Someone who is able to get people excited and moving them toward a vision. Someone who is able to see and meet the needs of people. A pastor who is able to care for people and lead people toward the vision of the church.
  • Ridge DNA: Someone who knows and lives out the mission, vision, and values of The Ridge.
  • Problem Solving: Someone who is able to see, diagnose, and solve problems through individuals and teams of people.
  • Leadership Gifting: Someone who has the ability to know and understand the mission, is able to move it forward, and can find, recruit, develop, and lead volunteers and staff.
  • Communication Ability: Interpersonal, preaching (preaching 5-15x/year), teaching, small settings – ability to carry vision, teaching God’s Word, clearly outline next steps.

About This Organization

The Ridge exists as a bold expression of God’s heart to reach people far from Him in south-central Indiana. From its earliest days, The Ridge has pursued the vision of doing whatever it takes to reach our community for Christ. That vision has led the church to take faith-filled risks, including building a new location in 2012 that better fit who they are as a church and who they want to reach, launching multiple services, creating strategic ministries for kids, students, and adults, and consistently adapting its methods to meet the needs of people while staying rooted in biblical truth.

Today, The Ridge is a multi-site church that continues to grow in both size and impact, with strong engagement in worship, community groups, and local outreach. We’re known for being real—not perfect—and for creating welcoming environments where guests can take steps toward Jesus at their own pace.

We value laughter, authenticity, and excellence. Our teaching is biblically grounded and culturally relevant, and our people are motivated by God’s love to be contributors, not consumers. With plans to launch a new campus in Decatur County, we’re prayerfully seeking a leader who can help us carry this mission forward into a new context.

Location

“Our community offers the best of both worlds — a true small‑town feel with easy access to cities like Cincinnati, Louisville, and Indianapolis, all around an hour away.”

Becca Malburg – Community Pastor

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