Ransom Ministries was founded in October 2010 by Matt and Tara Armbruster after they attended a Bible study urging Christians to stop playing church and start living a life of true faith and dependence on God.Matt and Tara asked God to show them how they could use the gifts He had given them to bring glory to Him. God gave Matt the idea of a café where anyone could get a hot meal and pay whatever they could afford. Tara received the word “ransom” and the scripture Matthew 20:28. When they began to dissect this verse, they discovered the Greek word that is translated “to serve” actually meant “one that waits on tables,” and “ransom” meant “to liberate many from misery.”Since 2010, Ransom Ministries has planted seven Ransom Café locations, three of which have taken on their own responsibilities. A portable laundry and shower trailer called the Clean Machine, summer mission teams, and Ransom Reprogram, a job skills training course that helps participants move out of dependency and into fulfilling careersThe Vision of Ransom is to empower individuals and churches to become all that God intended them to be and to operate in their God Given gifts.
