Senior Pastor
Pastor Bill Ridenhour assumed the Office of Senior Pastor at St. James in September 2023 following a twenty-six year tenure at a downtown parish in Wheeling, WV. A native North Carolinian, with ancestral roots in Concord, he was reared in Gettysburg, Pa. and holds degrees from Elizabethtown College and Duke University.
Finance Administrator
Jill joined the staff as Finance Administrator in August 2015. She is a life-long member of St. James Lutheran Church where she is active in the Altar Guild and the Bells of St. James. She graduated from Wake Forest University in 1982 with a B.S. in Mathematics. She began her career in Bank Accounting/ Finance and was most recently employed as Finance Officer with Cabarrus Arts Council, a local non-profit. She is married to Frank and has four children.
Communications Coordinator
Holly is a native of Concord and joined St. James in March 2024. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication from UNC-Charlotte. She has been involved in non-profit and local government planning and programming.
Nursery Coordinator
Kathryn is a long time Concord resident and St. James member in charge of nursery coordination for the church.