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Rik Mumma

Ministry Leader

Rik Mumma is a passionate follower of Jesus Christ who believes that living for the Kingdom of God is the greatest and most fulfilling adventure.

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The Life

About Rik Mumma

Rik Mumma is a passionate follower of Jesus Christ who believes that living for the Kingdom of God is the greatest and most fulfilling adventure of all. He is deeply dedicated to advancing the Gospel and seeing lives transformed by Jesus.

Before full-time ministry, Rik owned and operated successful horticulture businesses. The leadership and relational skills gained there now strengthen his service in God’s Kingdom.

Rik has served in ministry for 25 years, including extended time with the Pocket Testament League and roles with Vision for Villages and Multiplication Network Ministries in Texas. In Rik’s current role, he champions church-planting and pastoral-training movements that multiply healthy churches around the world, fueled by a deep heart for global missions.

He is committed to the transforming power of Christ — bringing wholeness from brokenness, hope from despair, and vibrant faith from spiritual stagnation.

Rik lives in the Texas Hill Country with his wife Christy. They enjoy riding motorcycles and bicycles, walking, golfing, and spending time with family. His life is centered on knowing Christ and making Him known.

Rik never ceases to marvel at the fact that God includes him in His story of the renewal of all things. What a joy!

Topics & Expertise

Pastoral Longevity

At a Glance

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First Recorded

3 weeks ago · O.G. Pastors Episode 1

Speaking Availability

Limited — by invitation


The Conversations

Episodes with Rik Mumma

Four sittings across two shows, recorded in his study.

Episode 07 · Season 1 · Nov 12, 2025

O.G. Pastors Episode 1

In the inaugural episode of O.G. Pastors, host Stewart “Stu” Foley sits down with Rik Mumma for a thoughtful conversation about a life shaped by faith, ministry, and the call to make Christ known. Drawing on more than 25 years of ministry leadership—from local service to church-planting and pastoral-training movements around the world—Rik reflects on the enduring joy of following Jesus and participating in God’s renewing work.

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Episode 12 · Season 1 · Feb 4, 2026

The Art of Conversation

On listening as pastoral work, and why he stopped taking notes during hospital visits.

58 min

Episode 07 · Season 1 · Nov 12, 2025

Four Hundred Funerals

A long conversation about grief, and what a pastor carries home from a graveside.

1 hr 12 min

Episode 03 · Season 1 · Mar 18, 2025

Forty-One Years in One Pulpit

His first sitting with us — the feed store, the early years, and the cost of staying.

1 hr 04 min

Episode 22 · Season 2 · Jun 9, 2025

Roundtable: What We Owe the Next Pastor

With Bishop Samuel Ade and Pastor Elisa Boone, on succession and handing over keys.

49 min


Ministry & Work

Books, pulpit, and table

Book · 2014

The Long Pastorate

On staying put as a spiritual discipline. Eerdmans, 248 pages.

Book · 2019

Graveside Words

Forty short meditations written for funerals, and for the pastors who lead them.

Book · 2023

Thursday Morning

Letters to six young pastors, collected from eighteen years of breakfasts.

Grace Covenant Church

Senior Pastor 1983–2021, now Pastor Emeritus. Still teaches the Wednesday evening study and preaches four Sundays a year.

Pastoral Theology, Adjunct

Eighteen years teaching pastoral care and homiletics. Available for pastors’ retreats, ordination services, and small-church conferences.


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Reach Rik Mumma

Correspondence is handled through the church office. He answers letters slowly and by hand, which he considers a feature.

Ministry Office

[email protected]

Church Phone

(512) 555–0184

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