Rick Ufford-Chase, born in York, Pennsylvania, is a peace activist and long-time member of the Southside Presbyterian Church in Tucson, Arizona.
Ufford-Chase is a graduate of Dallastown Area High School, he has a bachelor's degree from Colorado College and entered Princeton Theological Seminary, but says he soon discovered that his call was not to be an ordained minister, but to serve in ministry as an elder.
[3] In 2020, Stony Point Center was forced to close temporarily due to the Covid Pandemic, and the Community of Living Traditions dispersed.
[6] Ufford-Chase also worked with the Evangelical Center for Pastoral Studies in Central America in Guatemala, and has been a co-moderator of Presbyterian Peace Fellowship.
[8] In June 2006, after the end of his term as PC (USA) moderator, Ufford-Chase accepted a call as the executive director of the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship.