Dr. Joseph M. Ripley, Sr. is Founder and Pastor of The Body of Christ Church International, U.S.A., one church in two locations (College Park, Georgia and Alpharetta, Georgia).

Some Outreach Ministries include Prison Ministry, Youth Detention Ministry, Healing School, Missions and the I.M.P.A.C.T. Tutorial Program.

Traveling from Hawaii to Central America, to Australia, to Africa, Dr. Ripley is widely regarded as an internationally known author, motivational, and conference speaker. Dr. Ripley can be seen and heard on the LIVING IN VICTORY broadcast via television and radio, where he teaches believers to “Feed their Faith and Starve their Doubts to Death”!

Dr. Joseph M. Ripley, Sr. and his wife, Dr. Marjanita L. Ripley, are the proud parents of three children, April, Heather and Joseph, Jr.