Global Recordings Network

Global Recordings Network (GRN) was founded by Joy Ridderhof in Los Angeles, California in 1939 as "Gospel Recordings, Inc." The mission of Global Recordings Network is "In partnership with the church, to effectively communicate the Good News of Jesus Christ by means of culturally appropriate audio and audiovisual materials in every language."

Global Recordings Network has offices (centers) and bases in more than 50 countries.

The motto of Global Recordings Network is "Telling the story of Jesus in EVERY language."

[2] When Joy Ridderhof was a missionary to Honduras in Central America in 1930s, she remembered gramophones playing hymns in English repeatedly without change.

Global Recordings Network has produced the gospel recordings in over 6,500 languages and dialects (speech varieties) https://5fish.mobi of the estimated over 13,000 languages and dialects (speech varieties) spoken in the world.