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Ransom Fellowship was founded by Denis and Margie Haack in 1981.
Together, they have created a ministry that includes lecturing, writing, teaching, feeding, and encouraging the multitudes
who want to know more about what it means to be a Christian in the everyday life of the 21st century.
ABOUT OUR MINISTRY PDF | STATEMENT
OF FAITH PDF |
Denis Haack
Principal/Director
Denis is the author of The Rest of Success: What the World Didn’t Tell You About Having It All and has written articles for such journals as: Reformation & Revival Journal; Eternity; Covenant; and, World.
He is currently working on his Master of Theological Studies at Covenant Seminary in St. Louis. His undergraduate studies were done at the University of Minnesota and University of New Mexico.
After a few years of living in a Christian commune (yes, that’s right, they were hippies), he staffed a church as a youth pastor and was recruited by InterVarsity Christian Fellowship where he eventually became area director of New Mexico, Arizona, and part of Texas. To support himself and his family, he did everything from pumping gas to delivering flowers to starting a janitorial business that didn’t boom until he gave the business to a friend who took the idea and ran with it.
Before he and Margie owned a home, he always declared that their lawn would be made of rocks so he wouldn’t have to mow, but he’s now the proud owner of a self-propelled Honda lawnmower which he also uses to mulch every leaf that blows into the yard.
For little-known (read: personal) facts about Denis (that he might prefer you not know) and the beginning of his ministry, his interview might interest you.
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Margie Haack
Principal
Author of Notes from Toad Hall, Margie has been a featured speaker at various conferences and retreats on topics ranging from Providence in suffering and the enigmatic words of Jesus, to Gen X credos and pop culture icons like Britney Spears and Abercrombie & Fitch.
She was a columnist for World for years and is currently working on her childhood memoir (when she rewrites yet again and finds a publisher you'll be the first to know). She grew up in Northern Minnesota on a farm and attended the University of Minnesota, majoring in pre-med.
She’s now grateful she didn’t pursue medicine because she is more interested in and much more skilled at the art of writing and hospitality which involves but isn’t limited to cooking amazing meals, painting every room a different vibrant color, and gathering pieces of eclectic furniture that make even the most uptight feel right at home.
Some would say her artistic skills in hospitality border on genius, but she would protest, citing as evidence the fact that she regularly kills her house plants. Her favorite hobby is collecting mushrooms and guessing which ones would kill her if she ate them. And now, for all you yearning to know more, here’s an interview of Margie by Margie. |
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10.31 - 10.31
Critique #4-2008 being printed & mailed
Toad Hall
Rochester, MN
11.01 - 11.10
Critique #5-2008 being edited
Toad Hall
Rochester, MN
11.09 - 11.09
Denis preaches
David Richter's ordination service @ Trinity Presbyterian
Rochester, MN
12.01 - 12.10
Critique #6-2008 being edited
Toad Hall
Rochester, MN
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Reading Oswald Chambers, yesterday, he writes, "Spiritual muddle is only made plain by obedience. Immediately we obey, we discern." Seems awfully close to Ransom's credo, "developing discernment, deepening discipleship." Sometimes I put it this way: moral commitment precedes epistemological insight. We always do live out of our hearts: we see and hear and feel out of our hearts.
Steven Garber
Ransom Board Member
(for Denis & Margie)
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