Rev. Dr. Rick Loader
Bridge Minister
I have always felt more led to the ministry, than called. I was brought up in the First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Louisville where my father, an active Elder and my mother, an active servant of the gospel, took their six children – (I was #4, born in 1952) – to church weekly. As we got older, they took us twice weekly. One of my sisters Elizabeth Paule Loader was named for Dr. Paul S. Stauffer, minister at the time of her birth.
I couldn’t have quoted 1 Peter 2.4-5, but I was raised in the deep faith that the people of the church being the “priesthood of all believers. I have been inspired by the faith of children, youth and adults as I served the church in Louisville, Frankfort, Burkesville, Lexington (Arlington CC), Shepherdsville, and then 23 years in Bardstown. My wife Trina and I still live in Bardstown.
From there I have served part-time in Crofton and now in Mayfield. In Mayfield, I have been inspired by the people of First Christian who have maintained their faith in God as they recover from the tornado that took out their building. Every new person who shares their faith with us enriches us with an even deeper belief that God continues to lead us.
