Season 1 Guest
Guest Profile
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.
The Life
Topics & Expertise
Pastoral Longevity
At a Glance
The Conversations
Four sittings across two shows, recorded in his study.
Episode 12 · Season 1 · Feb 4, 2026
On listening as pastoral work, and why he stopped taking notes during hospital visits.
58 min
Episode 07 · Season 1 · Nov 12, 2025
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
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
With Bishop Samuel Ade and Pastor Elisa Boone, on succession and handing over keys.
49 min
Ministry & Work
Book · 2014
On staying put as a spiritual discipline. Eerdmans, 248 pages.
Book · 2019
Forty short meditations written for funerals, and for the pastors who lead them.
Book · 2023
Letters to six young pastors, collected from eighteen years of breakfasts.
Senior Pastor 1983–2021, now Pastor Emeritus. Still teaches the Wednesday evening study and preaches four Sundays a year.
Eighteen years teaching pastoral care and homiletics. Available for pastors’ retreats, ordination services, and small-church conferences.
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