We believe that each congregation of believers that has the maturity and desires to be self governing should be led locally, if possible. We also believe God has appointed in his church evangelists, pastors and teachers (Eph. 4:11) to prepare God’s people for works of service and to lead, direct the affairs of, oversee and shepherd the flock (Titus 1:5, Acts 20:28, I Peter 5:2). Consequently, in the Columbia Church of Christ, the elders and the evangelists work together as team to bring the members to maturity, to help the church to grow and to help each part do its work. Even with the confidence this ecclesiastical team approach gives us, we still value and seek the input of every member, particularly the large number of spiritually mature disciples we are blessed with here in the Columbia church. We also crave and seek input from other congregations and their leadership teams, particularly those who we respect and have strong relationships with and whose life and doctrine calls us higher.

Our current elders are Paul Leas, Paul Ramsey, Jimmy Thomas and Matt Smith. Paul Leas was appointed in 2003 and Paul Ramsey and Jimmy Thomas were added in 2007. Matt was appointed early in 2010.

Our lead evangelist and women's ministry leader for the last six years was JP and Pat Tynes. They recently moverd to Orlando to lead the Orlando Church of Christ. We are currently in the process of interviewing candidates for lead evangelist and women's ministry leader. Ronnie Rose and David Laing are currently serving as Evangelists and Paul Ramsey is a Full time Elder and Administrator.