Adult Ministry

RBC’s adult ministry finds people at various stages of life, vocation and spiritual maturity.  Some are single, and some are single again.  Some are parents and others live with the empty nest.  Some are retired and many have lost their spouses.  The purpose of Adult Ministry is to engage people in an ever-deepening relationship with Christ.  The focus is on Bible Study, Fellowship, Instruction in Christian Living, Evangelistic Outreach and ministry to a lost world.

There is a class for every age and condition of life.  Sunday School begins at 9 am.  Greeters will assist you to find the welcome center and help you find the right class for you and for your children.  We have couples classes and classes for Women and Men who prefer to study separately.  There is also a class for both men and women who are single.  We are a committed Southern Baptist Church and use its literature.

This group has attained to the age of 55 or more.  In addition to the choir activities described in the music section, they meet for a meal and program on the third Thursday of each month.  Every couple of weeks they take tours to local spots of interest and occasionally venture to Branson or Nashville.

Discipleship is a broad term for growing to be more like Christ in every facet of life.  Ridgeway Baptist schedules classes for those serious about maturing in their obedience to Christ while learning more about the doctrines and practices of scripture and more about the polity of Baptists.  These classes meet on Sunday afternoons from 4:45 am to 5:45.  In addition, there are weekday Precept classes.

The women of Ridgeway are very aggressive in ministry.  Every month they provide support for a different. Local ministry such as the Moriah House, the Union Mission, The International Baptist Church, the Ronnie Tullos inner city ministry, The Baptist Hospital Auxiliary.  The Women on Mission meets on the second Tuesday of each month to hear a word from a real live missionary.  Each spring the women have a ladies Spring Brunch with a special speaker.

RBC is an Acts 1:8 Church Partnership with Southern Baptists to support Missions and Missionaries.  We partner with other SBC churches in the Cooperative Program and through the Mid-South Baptist Association.  We send volunteers International Mission Trips:  Each year we make missions trips to various parts of the world

Annual Offerings:  Lottie Moon, Annie Armstrong, Golden Offering.

We believe in evangelistic outreach.  At RBC, it is called 12 hours of Outreach and it is at 4:30 pm on the first Sunday of each month.  We provide a Food Pantry ministry and try not to turn down any request for food.  We have many regular donors to Life Blood and through it maintain a regular supply of blood for our members.  RBC supports the Baptist Children’s home through the annual  Mother’s Day Offering

RBC believes in and values prayer.  There are separate teams of people who pray.  The sanctuary and church is prayer walked every week before services.  One team prays daily for the ministerial staff.  Another informs the congregation of prayer needs via email and telephone A special events prayer team plans prayer walks, prayer conferences and occasions such as Prayer 5.  Prayer 5 is to insure that every family in the congregation is regularly prayed for.