 Ryder married her husband and future writing and ministry partner, D. Stuart Briscoe, in 1958 in Liverpool.Briscoe taught for three years, then served for ten years as the director of Capernwray Hall, a nursery school and Christian youth centre.Briscoe came to the United States in 1970, when her husband was called to serve as the senior pastor of Elmbrook Church, in Brookfield, Wisconsin.