Doug Rife

Doug Rife

Doug Rife serves as a pastor, a president of a Christian school, a counselor for ministry leaders, a speaker to students all over the country, and is on the board of some amazing global missions organizations - including serving as the President of A Place of Hope Africa, a ministry in Nigeria rescuing orphans, planting churches, and starting schools in remote southeast Nigeria.

Doug is passionate about text-driven, Jesus-centered teaching that is practical and conversational. He loves a good cup of coffee and is a bit of a food snob. Doug and his wife, Marisa, live in Fort Worth, Texas and have three sons: Garrett, Ethan, and Bryson.  He holds degrees from Trinity Baptist College and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.