Joy Ridderhof

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

The youngest child of Dutch and Swedish immigrants, Ridderhof was one of the first graduates of Columbia International University in 1923. In 1930, she traveled to Honduras, establishing her ministry in Marcala and neighboring villages. Forced to return to the United States to recover from malaria, she began making Spanish evangelizing recordings that she distributed to places in Latin America, including Marcala. She was then contacted and asked to produce some Navajo recordings, Navajo speakers they would provide. She accepted, and then she got more jobs. This led her to form Gospel Recordings in 1939.

Gospel Recordings (renamed meanwhile Global Recordings Network) delivers the Gospel to illiterate people in Africa, South America, Asia, Australia, and Central America via hand-operated record players. As of 2012 the company has produced recordings in 6,139 languages.

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

References

Betty M. Hockett Catching Their Talk in a Box: The Life-Story of Joy Ridderhof ISBN 0-943701-13-9 (pbk) Barclay Press, 1987.
Phyllis Thompson Capturing Voices Hodder and Stoughton Limited, London, 1978.

External links

Global Recordings Official Site
Audiovie Homepage Audiovie is Global Recordings in most Francophone countries.
The Tailenders Official Site

Protestant missions to Latin America

Background	Christianity Protestantism History of Central America History of South America Catholic Church and the Age of Discovery Timeline of Christian missions

People	Auca Missionaries Chet Bitterman Thomas Bridges Frank Drown James Cooley Fletcher Louis Francescon Francisco Penzotti Allen Francis Gardiner Henry Grattan Guinness Juan Bautista Canut de Bon Gil Daniel Parish Kidder Justus Henry Nelson Joy Ridderhof Rachel Saint Ashbel Green Simonton Waite Stirling William Cameron Townsend

Missionary agencies	South American Mission Society Wycliffe Bible Translators American Bible Society TEAM HCJB Regions Beyond Missionary Union Mission Aviation Fellowship Mission to the World United Andean Indian Mission

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Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 48032213

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