Joyce Rankin is a pastor and teacher of the Word and has been for over forty years. She is a pastor at Church of The Revivist and has ministered nationally with her husband Stanley Rankin. Her writings have reached throughout the world. Her messages can be heard on this website and some of her many writings read as well. She is the mother of four children, two boys and two girls. She was born in Minnesota and moved to San Antonio, Texas when she was eighteen. Her first week in the city was eventful as she accepted Jesus as her Savior and received the baptism of the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in tongues. Her husband, Stanley Rankin, was a young pastor at the church where she accepted the Lord and received the Holy Ghost. The following November they were married and have been for 46 years.