Rick Jory

Dr Jory spent 43 years in the business world. For the last nineteen years of this career, he was president and CEO of a medical device manufacturing company headquartered in the outskirts of Denver, Colorado. He received a Bachelor of Industrial Engineering degree from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1970, followed by a Master of Business Administration from Georgia State University in 1972. His interest in using his God-given gifts and God-provided opportunities led to an active involvement in marketplace ministry, business as mission, and church ministry. He received his Master of Arts degree, Biblical Studies – New Testament, from Denver Seminary in 2012; the Doctor of Ministry, with emphasis in Theological Exegesis, from Knox Theological Seminary in 2017, and his Doctor of Educational Ministry, with emphasis in Adult Christian Education, from Dallas Theological Seminary in 2019. His ministry work today includes the teaching of pastors and church leaders in Vietnam. He is the founder of Friends of Vietnam Ministries, a non-profit organisation aiding several Vietnamese faith-based centres that provide care to Vietnamese orphans and at-risk children, as well as scholarships to help young Vietnamese attend Bible college.