Ridley continues to answer call from above

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  • Ridley continues to answer call from above
    Ridley continues to answer call from above
  • Joe and Dora Ridley in the sanctuary of the Body of Christ Church as previously published in Jones Living magazine. Below, the Ridleys burn the mortgage on the new church just five years after borrowing the money to build it. FILE PHOTOS
    Joe and Dora Ridley in the sanctuary of the Body of Christ Church as previously published in Jones Living magazine. Below, the Ridleys burn the mortgage on the new church just five years after borrowing the money to build it. FILE PHOTOS
  • Ridley continues to answer call from above
    Ridley continues to answer call from above
  • Bishop Ridley in front of portrait of church founder Dovie Cherry (right on the wall). GREENBERRY MOORE/Staff
    Bishop Ridley in front of portrait of church founder Dovie Cherry (right on the wall). GREENBERRY MOORE/Staff
  • The Body of Christ Church on Gray Highway is open to all who want to worship. FILE PHOTO
    The Body of Christ Church on Gray Highway is open to all who want to worship. FILE PHOTO
    For young Joe Ridley, the phrase “I had to walk two miles to school every day” was pretty close to being right on point. According to Ridley now, it was actually a little more than that.“We lived off Highway 11 about a mile back down in the woods,” he shared in an interview last week at the church he pastors. “My daddy had that place, 152 acres.“I went to school in a p...

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