Tim Rippstein is the product of a gracious God who watched over him through childhood, from infant baptism though his parents' broken marriage, and was raised by a caring, but very tired mother along with his sister. He received graduate degrees from Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri, and Trinity Theological Seminary in Newburgh, Indiana. He has been a missionary to Japan, Director of Christian Education (DCE) in congregations, and university professor training DCEs. He is the author of They Need Not Go Away.
