Stribling was born in 1951 in Merced, California, the older of two children to Ivan Stribling and Lorraine Murphy, later divorced. Stribling attended Merced High School, graduating in 1969. He next attended California State University Fresno, graduating in 1974 with a bachelor’s degree in percussion performance. He later earned a masters degree in theology with an emphasis on marriage and family ministries from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California.

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