Our Senior Pastor
Rich Nathan 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 Association of Vineyard Churches Board and is serving as the Large Church Task Force leader for VUSA. He is a popular national and international conference speaker.

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. He has written numerous articles which include "The Price of Leadership" appearing in Leadership Magazine (Summer, 1997). He is currently working on a new book.