Rich is senior pastor of the Vineyard Church of Columbus, Columbus, Ohio. Prior to pastoring full time, Rich taught business law at The Ohio State University for five years.
He is a graduate of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, and received his Juris Doctorate with honors from The Ohio State University in 1980. Rich has served on the National Executive Board for Vineyard: A Community of Churches for more than a decade and is currently serving as the Large Church Task Force leader for the Vineyard.
Rich wrote Who is My Enemy? Welcoming People the Church Rejects (Zondervan, 2002) and co-authored the book, Empowered Evangelicals (Servant Press, 1995) with Ken Wilson. Rich, a native of New York City, and his wife, Marlene, have been married for more than 30 years and live in Westerville, Ohio. They have a son and daughter-in-law, Daniel and Melissa; a daughter and son-in-law, Sharon and Noah Pederson; two grandsons; and a granddaughter.
