Mike Ripski

Mike Ripski currently serves as the University Chaplain and Assistant Professor at Cumberland University since August 2016, while also fulfilling the role of Senior Pastor at First UMC Lebanon since July 2011. Ripski previously held similar pastoral positions at First United Methodist Church Lebanon and First United Methodist Church from June 2011 to June 2015, and served as Senior Pastor at Belle Meade UMC from July 2005 to June 2011, and First UMC Hendersonville from September 1996 to June 2005. Ripski holds a Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry degree from Candler School of Theology, Emory University, and a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy from Rhodes College.