Pastor Pat Rickenbacker is the Pastor and Organizer of the Living Hope Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, Massapequa, New York. Dr. Rickenbacker received the calling through a vision to go forth and start a Mission. This Mission was planted in an area in East Massapequa where there was no Christian congregation. The Living Hope Fellowship Baptist Mission was organized in February 1991, and incorporated in March 1992. 
 

Pastor Rickenbacker holds a BA from SUNY Old Westbury, an MS in Counselor Education from C.W. Post College, Greenvale, NY and a Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary, NY.  In May 2001, Pastor Rickenbacker received her Doctorate of Ministry from the United Theological Seminary, Dayton, Ohio.  Her dissertation was duly proved on "Church, School, Community and Parents in Collaboration to Raise Academic Achievement in At-Risk High School Students".
 

Pastor Rickenbacker has expertise in Substance Abuse Counseling.  She has worked as a Drug Rehabilitation Therapist, Alcoholism Counselor, and an Intake Specialist at facilities such as APPLE Rehabilitation Center, Brunswick Hospital Center, and ALBA-NECK Halfway House. She was previously employed as a Guidance Counselor in the Wyandanch & Amityville School Districts, where she retired her position and is now serving full time in the ministry where God has planted her.
 

Some of Dr. Rickenbacker's affiliations include: The Eastern Baptist Association, New York, Inc.; the Empire Missionary Baptist State Convention, New York, Inc., in October, 2002 she was appointed Assistant Dean of the Empire State Convention, Inc. and in March, 2004 was appointed Assistant Dean of the Eastern Baptist Association. She has previously served as a member of the faculty of the Empire Baptist Congress of Christian Education and the Young Adult Division Coordinator for the Empire Baptist Congress One-Day Retreat. In August, 2003, Dr. Rickenbacker was a guest lecturer for doctrinal candidates at United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. She is a member of American Baptist Churches, METRO-NY; the Parliamentarian for the Ministerial Alliance of North Amityville & Vicinity and a member of the Interfaith Clergy Association of Massapequa, NY.