Joy Ridderhof

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Joy Fanny Ridderhof (30 March 1903 in Minnesota - 19 December 1984 in Stanton, California) was an American missionary.

The youngest child of Dutch immigrants, Ridderhof was one of the first three graduates of Columbia International University in 1923. In 1930, she traveled to Honduras, establshing her ministry in Marcala and neighboring villages. Forced to return to the United States to recover from malaria, she began Gospel Recordings in 1939 to remain in touch with her followers.

Gospel Recordings expanded to provide recordings of the Gospel to often-illiterate people along with hand-operated record players. As of 2008, the company has produced recordings in 5,705 languages.

Columbia International University named its Media and Music Center the Joy Ridderhof Memorial Center in 1985.

Ridderhof and Gospel Recordings are the subjects of the 2006 P.O.V. documentary The Tailenders.

[edit] References

Betty M. Hockett Catching Their Talk in a Box: The Life-Story of Joy Ridderhof ISBN 0-943701139 (pbk) Barclay Press, 1987.

[edit] External links

• Global Recordings Offical Site
• The Tailenders Offical Site