Ridgeway is an ordained Baptist minister associated with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and the Alliance of Baptists. He brings his 22 years of experience in pastoral ministry, including 12 years of Protestant Chaplaincy work at Georgetown. He is an educator and researcher in the fields of spirituality, theology, and ethics and a specialist on the American minister and public theologian Howard Thurman. He is working as an adjunct Assistant Professor at Georgetown University’s School of Nursing & Health Studies teaching Religious Perspectives on the Problem of Suffering and Health Care Ethics. A musician and composer, he regularly incorporates music and other arts into his teaching, speaking, and scholarship. He is married to Sarah Scherschligt, lead pastor at Peace Lutheran Church, Alexandria, Virginia.