Ridgeway is an active participant in Bible based ministries. She served as a Baptist Home Missionary to New Harvest Church (near St. Joseph, Missouri) for several years before returning as a pianist to her home church (Mount Zion Baptist Church, Edgerton, Missouri). She is currently affiliated with another congregation in the greater Kansas City area. She is a current or former member of the Missouri Farm Bureau, the Kiwanis Club (past president), the Rotary Club, the Chamber of Commerce, the Missouri Bar Association, the Clay County Bar Association, the Missouri Baptist Theological Seminary Board of Regents and the William Woods University Board of Trustees.