Team teachers from Monmouth Beach, New Jersey, the Rankins call themselves "lay people ministering to lay people." They have been married for many years and are the grateful parents of three married sons and an increasing number of grandchildren. Their ministry is a product of personal struggles, through which they have experienced God's hand of blessing. They love to share the truths they have learned from God's Word with others.

On 9/11 the Rankins witnessed the collapse of the World Trade Center. That event prompted them to begin their latest writing project entitled Making Sense of Evil. This book is now available at www.winepressbooks.com

Peg is an active lay person in her own right, speaking for conventions, retreats, and banquets - a ministry which has taken her not only throughout the United States but to several other countries as well. She is the author of six books, including the best-selling Yet Will I Trust Him (70,000 copies in print). "People today are looking everywhere for answers," Peg says, "and coming up short. They don't realize we are essentially spiritual beings. So it's possible to fill physical, emotional, intellectual, and psychological voids and still experience emptiness. Why not turn to the Bible," she asks, "and read about the One who meets EVERY need?"

Lee has retired from his position as vice-president, National Sales Manager, for Siemens Medical Systems, the US based subsidiary of Siemens AG, the world's largest manufacturer of medical equipment. Starting as a straight commission sales representative, he marvels at the hand of God in his career. Lee says his former contact with the business world not only challenges him to "practice what he preaches" but also gives him rapport with those in his audiences who are struggling to set priorities in a dog-eat-dog environment. He acts as manager of the couples' outreach, called Rankin File Ministries.

It has been said, "As a team, Peg and Lee are "dynamite." Indeed, when these two individuals work together, a very special chemistry develops, producing unexpected and often humorous results. ("Do you think we plan these bloopers?") As they enjoy each other, it is evident they are also enjoying their Sovereign Lord, whom they seek to honor first, last, and always.