Pastor Rick Melson

Pastor Rick Melson oversees the Campus Network branch of Mars Hill Church. This includes leading the campus pastors and the team that develops new and existing campuses.

Pastor Rick also serves as the Executive Director for the Resurgence Training Center (Re:Train), a school that combines academic training with practical experience to develop pastors and leaders to start new campuses, plant new churches, and serve local churches around the world.

Prior to coming to Mars Hill in early 2009, Pastor Rick served as the Chairman of the Board and Director of Mentored Ministry and Worship Studies at the Bethlehem College and Seminary, and as a Campus Pastor at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, MN, with Pastor John Piper.

Rick previously served as a Pastor in Ohio, Alabama, Texas and South Carolina, and as the Director of Admissions and Student Recruitment, with president R. Albert Mohler, Jr., at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY where he also received his Masters degree (1995).

In addition, he holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Murray State University in Murray, KY (1991), has done post-graduate studies at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and is currently a candidate for the Ph.D. in Leadership Studies at Dallas Baptist University.

Rick and his wife Tammy have been married since 1988 and enjoy spending time together with their three wonderful children.

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