Christine was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska. She received her degree in Recreation and Leisure Studies at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Since college, Christine has spent time working in Parks and Recreation as well as at a Christian Camp in Sequoia National Forest in California. A trip to Nepal really opened her heart to all aspects of missions. She loves being outside in the sunshine as much as possible, reading, pick-up pickleball games, and watching Husker sports – especially football. Go Big Red! She’s excited to be living in the warmth of the south and grateful for this chapter working in ministry and getting to pursue her passion for people.

Born in New York and raised in Pennsylvania, Don's family relocated to San Diego so he could meet his beautiful wife, Becky. They are blessed with and entertained by their four married kids and kids-in-law, and awesome grandchildren. Don graduated from San Diego Christian College and Dallas Seminary. Don loves going on dates with his wife, anything at the beach, USC football, college football and basketball, Hula Hut, reading, and chocolate. As Missions Pastor, Don loves his job of helping the Ridge reach the unreached and serve the vulnerable in our city and around the world.

Don was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, home to the greatest food in the world: Skyline Chili. He attended THE Ohio State University, where he met his future wife, Shelli. After attending The Master’s Seminary to see what they know, he and Shelli moved to the Chicago area, raised four children, and started a Student Ministry and then a church plant. While campus pastoring in Illinois, he discovered free agency and took his talents south – to ATX. Don and Shelli’s four kids are in Portland, Suisse, Chicago, and Fort Worth. In his free time, he tries to convince his kids to visit.

Ginger is a native Texan born and raised in Austin who now lives in the Buda area. She and her husband, Henry, have a full house with three grown daughters and five dogs. She enjoys spending time with family, baseball, hiking, traveling, and having a good coffee. She is excited to use her passion for serving others and to be a part of the Austin Ridge team!

Uriel was born and raised in Mexico City, third generation PK. He graduated from Mexico’s Central Bank School with a BA in Banking and a degree in Corporate Finance. After his career as a stock broker in God’s mercy, God graciously changed Uriel's deepest affections and send him to California to receive an MDIV from The Master’s Seminary. Uriel is madly in love with his high school sweetheart Paty, and together they have three tiny bilingual Jesus followers also called los 3 amigos. As our Latino Pastor, Uriel provides vision, guidance, and spiritual care to our bilingual congregation and has a deep love and innate understanding of our growing immigrant community, their tough lives under the sun, complex challenges, and gracious beautiful colors. Uriel loves training men in the gospel, teaching God’s word in Spanish, dating his wife, laughing with his kids, drinking Mexican chocolate, and playing soccer, ping pong and chess.