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Meet Our Staff

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  Heather Gerbsch Daugherty, MDiv

  University Minister

  heather.daugherty@belmont.edu

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  Heather has spent the last 16 years working and ministering on college campuses. Her passion in working with students is helping them to discover how their faith impacts their everyday life – from the career that they choose to where they live to how they spend their money.  She also loves to plan worship and preaches whenever she has the opportunity. Heather is an avid runner, has taken more than her fair share of naps, and loves trips that lead to the beach or Disney World. She is married to Brad, a scholar of ancient Christianity, and together they have 2 amazing children.

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  Christy Ridings, DMin

  Associate University Minister

  christy.ridings@belmont.edu

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  Christy is a Belmont alumnae, earned an MA from Portland Seminary and is a DMin from Central Baptist Theological Seminary. For the past 23 years, she has been involved in various campus ministry areas at Belmont and Vanderbilt University as well as coordinating collegiate events/ministries across the nation. She loves traveling (Scotland & South Africa in particular), cooking, architecture, NHL hockey and is passionate about students. Her vocation has been, and always will be, focused toward the next generation, hearing their stories and being present for some of their most formational moments!

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  Tim Wildsmith, MDiv

  Director of Faith Formation & Engagement

  tim.wildsmith@belmont.edu

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  Tim is a Belmont alum (2005), and he spent many years as a performing songwriter and worship leader before getting into pastoral ministry. He earned a Master of Divinity from Fuller Theological Seminary in 2020, after which he did a post-graduate fellowship as a Visiting Scholar at the University of Oxford’s Wycliffe Hall. He is married to Becca, a talented artist and graphic designer who he met at Belmont.

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