Jory Rolf, founder of ACTION Impact Missions, was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Raised in a Christian home, Jory was instilled with biblical values lived out by role models in his family. At the age of twenty-two he received a Bachelor’s degree in education from the University of Wyoming. After serving as a school teacher in both public and private schools for several years, Jory felt called to different kind of service, and left his career to devote himself to full-time ministry.

Tess Rolf grew up in a large Christian home-school family in Winfield, Kansas. After experiencing her first mission trip at age sixteen, Tess developed a passion for sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ through the creative arts. She soon organized a gospel mime team in her home town, and eventually became involved in full-time ministry.

Jory and Tess met on a mission trip to Jamaica, and each soon discovered in the other a passion to serve Jesus Christ. God brought them together in marriage in 1998, moving them to found a ministry with the goal of meeting spiritual needs in the next generation.

The Rolfs are currently living in Branson, Missouri with their two boys and one girl: Banner Kalos (2001), Nation Shiloh (2003), and Anthem Joy (2006). Jory and Tess both continue as full-time missionaries with ACTION Impact Missions.