Mo Up De Graff resigned as the CEO and executive director of Ridge Haven, the conference and retreat center of the PCA.

“Mo has been the CEO and executive director of Ridge Haven for the past 15 years,” said Kim Connor, president of the board of directors for Ridge Haven. “He is ‘Mr. Ridge Haven’ to many. … He is an excellent example of how one’s faith should affect [his] walk.”

Connor says the Ridge Haven board of directors will be looking for a replacement who is both spiritually strong and who has “a sense of business.”

“In other words, one who can see market trends and capitalize on them,” says Connor, “while being a good steward of what the Lord has given us.”

He also hopes that the new executive director will help Ridge Haven become more visible in the denomination and reach more people.

“We are the best kept secret in the PCA,” he says. “We need to change that. … Ridge Haven must increase utilization of our unique resources (the property and facilities) and the biblical truths we hold dear (the Reformed faith, being one of very few Christian camp and conference centers that hold to and teach these doctrines). The new executive director, working with the board of directors and a staff that has the same love and loyalty as Mo for Ridge Haven, must face this to be successful.”