Joseph Ripley

Dr. Joseph M. Ripley Sr. is founder and pastor of the Body of Christ Church International, USA, a non-denominational church that began in 1983 with fifty members and now counts several thousand people in its fellowship, which meets in two locations in Georgia: College Park and Alpharetta. Traveling to such places as Hawaii, Central America, Australia, Africa, and China, Dr. Ripley is an internationally known author, motivational speaker, and conference speaker. He can be seen and heard nationally and internationally on the Living in Victory broadcast on television, radio, and the Internet. A graduate of the Valley Forge Military Academy in Wayne, Pennsylvania, Dr. Ripley also attended the University of Georgia, where he majored in broadcast journalism and political science. He holds a doctoral degree from the New Covenant International Bible College.