Church
Staff
Mrs.
Penny L. Atwood | Weekday
Preschool Directory | Email
Penny has a B.S. in elementary education with a current
North Carolina teaching certificate through the Wake County
Board of Education. She has been at the Ridge Road
Preschool for over 21 years. Penny has two married
daughters who live in this area and two granddaughters who
attend RRBC Preschool. She lives with her husband of 33
years in Clayton, NC.
Mrs.
Cecilia S. Davis
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Administrative Assistant
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Cecilia
attended Fayetteville Technical Community College.
Cecilia and her husband Luther live in Cary and have been
married for 41 years. Cecilia and Luther have two
grown sons and six grandchildren. Cecilia is a native
of Bladenboro, NC. Cecilia enjoys talking walks,
reading, and shopping. Cecilia and Luther are members
of Westwood Baptist Church in Cary.
Rev.
Patti B. Lingafelt | Minister
of Music/Church Organist | Email
The newest addition to our ministry staff, Patti is a woman
who brings extraordinary gifts and experience to her
ministry here at Ridge Road. A native of Lynchburg, VA,
Patti is a 1982 summa cum laude graduate of James Madison
University with a Bachelor of Music (Organ Performance)
degree, and was awarded a Master of Divinity by Lowes Grove
Baptist Church in Durham, NC, and has served numerous
churches in the Triangle over twenty years. Patti and her
husband, Steven, make their home in Durham with their
daughter, Hannah. Their son, Charles, is a student at NC
State Univeristy.
Rev.
Dr. Mack Thompson | Pastor
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Mack Thompson has been pastor of Ridge Road for nearly
twenty years. He came back to his hometown in 1988 after
having served as pastor of churches in Laurinburg, Warsaw,
and Warrenton. Serving in this long-term pastorate has
given him a wonderful opportunity to minister in this
multigenerational congregation. Dr. Thompson loves
preaching and teaching and reaching out to people in their
times of need. After graduating from Needham Broughton High
School, he earned degrees at Campbell University (Bachelor
of Arts) and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminar
(Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry). He is active
in Baptist life, having served as moderator of the Raleigh
Baptist Association and as member of trustee boards of
Meredith College, Baptist Retirement Home, and currently
Chowan University. He and his wife Carol have two grown
children and four grandchildren. They both ejoy reading,
taking walks, and trying to beat each other at
Scrabble.