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Park Ridge Community Church is organized in the Congregational tradition. This means that the individual congregation is autonomous in its ability to make determinations concerning worship practices, determine its mission and outreach contributions, set the church budget, hire staff, etc.

The Chairperson of the Congregation presides over the Annual Meeting, other congregational meetings, as well as Board of Directors and Executive Board meetings. In these four bodies, all church policy is established.

Church Officers are elected to their positions by the congregation and include: Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, Clerk, Treasurer, Attorney, and Auditor.

The Board of Directors is composed of the Church Officers, specific Chairs or representatives of committees and recognized organizations within the church. The Board meets once every even numbered month to handle all matters not specifically reserved in the by-laws to the members of the church or to the ministers.

The Executive Committee consists of twelve members of the Board of Directors as specified in the by-laws, and meets once every odd-numbered month to advise and aid the Officers, committees, organizations and recognized activities of the church in all matters concerning the affairs of the church and conducting of its business. The Executive Committee is subject to the general direction and control of the Board of Directors.