Richard G. Wolling
Senior Pastor

Position Description
With a professional Staff Leadership Team of six, and the Session, to provide overall leadership of all aspects of the life and ministry of the church.

Personal
•  Husband of Mary since 1971. Mary is the principal of the Jubilee Christian School.

•  Father of three grown children: Jason, owner of J.W. Construction in Pittsburgh, Zachary, recreation manager for the United States Coast Guard in Yorktown, VA, and Becca, patient assistant in Raleigh, NC.  Rick and Mary also have 2 grandchildren. 

•  Education: B.A. (Philosophy), Gordon College, Wenham, Massachusetts (1972) M.Div, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, Massachusetts (1975) D.Min, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, Massachusetts (1992, Thesis title: "VISION: Its Technology and Significance for a Pastor and People")

•  Hobby: Cabinet-making

Pastorates:
•  Central Presbyterian Church, Huntington, New York: Assistant Pastor '75-77
•  First Presbyterian Church, Seminole, Oklahoma: Pastor '77-85
•  Beverly Heights U.P. Church, Pittsburgh, PA: Senior Pastor '85-present

Personal Vision in Ministry
The Beverly Heights Church living as a body of people whose life in the church gathered, a life of worship, Christian formation, body life and mission will have equipped and empowered believers to live effectively and successfully as the light, salt and leaven of the church scattered, with the result that lost people will come to know Jesus Christ, receive life eternal, live in hope and Christ will be glorified through His church.

Books That Have Made an Impact on My Life and Ministry
• Walking With God Between Sundays, Richard Halverson
• Ordinary Christians In A High Tech Age, Robert Slocum
• Born Again, Charles Colson
• Genesis In Space and Time, Francis Schaeffer
• Teaching the Elephant to Dance, Phillip Belasco

Hymns Composed (with Paul Steven Jones)
• We’ll Stand Firm and We’ll Confess (hymn in celebration of the Confessing Church Movement)
• Sent Out to Every Place (in celebration of the 75th Anniversary of Beverly Heights Church)

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