Rick Jory

Rick Jory spent 43 years in the business world, holding positions in engineering, quality assurance, manufacturing management, and business management. 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.

Dr. Jory 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 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 an emphasis in Theological Exegesis, from Knox Theological Seminary in 2017; and his Doctor of Educational Ministry, with an emphasis in Adult Christian Education, from Dallas Theological Seminary in 2019. His ministry today includes the teaching of pastors and church leaders in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, Vietnam. He is the founder of “Friends of Vietnam Ministries,” a non-profit organization assisting several Vietnamese faith-based centers caring for Vietnamese orphans and at-risk children, as well as a scholarship program to help young Vietnamese attend Bible college. The organization’s website is: www.friendsofvietnam.org.

Dr. Jory is married to his wife Maria and has a daughter and four grandchildren.