About Marsha
The path to a place of influence
Rev. Dr. Marsha Rano is co-founder and president of Paraclete Ministries, a ministry that promotes Truth through multiple venues, including higher education institutions; Paraclete Marketing Agency, an agency that consults, advises, and edits in the discipline of theology; and Paraclete Television Productions, a network television production company that spotlights contemporary issues in search of Truth. Prior to co-founding these ventures, she served as Executive Director of Product Development and Distribution for two years, Total Living Network; and was on staff at Group Publishing for seven years where she served as Special Markets Manager, working with denominational executives to customize curriculum and other resources for their respective denominations. Her experience spans education, writing, editing, ministry, biblical counseling, business, and the arts.
Author, producer, counselor, and professor, Rano also is a licensed and ordained minister, earning her the title of Reverend. She holds a Bachelor of Theology degree (BTh), Master of Theology degree (MTh), Master of Divinity degree (MDiv), and Doctor of Theology degree (DTh), Beacon University, Christian Life School of Theology; and a Doctor of Ministry degree (DMin), Beacon University, where her field of study was Practical Ministry. Her doctoral degrees earned her a faculty position at CLST Global. Rano participated in a PhD Advanced Research Program in Applied Theology and Ethics, Middlesex University, London School of Theology, giving her visiting student/PhD Intern status at Asbury Theological Seminary, where she co-taught Contemporary Theology alongside her Advisor, Dr. Laurence Wood. To round out her education, Rano studied business administration, University of Phoenix; fine arts, Art Center of Hollywood; and cosmetology, Newberry School of Beauty.
Born in Inglewood, California, Marsha Scudder Rano grew up in the San Fernando Valley, a suburb of Los Angeles. Married to her husband, Thomas, since 1965, the couple has two married daughters, and five grandchildren. God called their precious grandson, Anthony, to his eternal home June 29, 2009. Marsha and her husband have made Loveland, Colorado, their home since 1978, where they are members of Resurrection Fellowship “Rez Church,” an interdenominational church with membership of about 5,000.
About Tom
Thomas Rano is co-founder and chief financial officer of Paraclete Marketing® Agency, Inc. (PMA), founded in 1998), an agency that consults for organizations like Grizzly Adams® Productions, producer of family friendly network TV specials and DVD releases. Rano recently co-founded Paraclete Television® Productions (PTP), a television production company committed to the production of network TV specials that examine contemporary issues from the perspective of truth and ethics.
Rano is retired from the Kaiser-Hill Nuclear Facility located in Golden, Colorado, where he worked in the field of chemical operations and plutonium production and assay for 23 years. His work at Kaiser-Hill required a U.S. government top security Q-Clearance. Subsequent to his retirement in 2005, Rano now serves fulltime as the chief financial officer of PMA/PTP, where he meets with companies like Grizzly Adams Productions over upcoming potential collaborative opportunities, and oversees the financial decisions on behalf of PMA/PTP for projects presented to the corporation.
A veteran of the Vietnam War, today Tom enjoys networking, politics, weight lifting, and restoring old cars. He is currently in collaboration with his wife, Dr. Marsha Rano, for a television documentary and subsequent book on the Arab/Israeli Conflict. He has been married to his wife, Marsha, for 46 years. They are the parents of two married daughters, and grandparents of five grandchildren ranging in age from 17 to 23. God called their 19-year-old grandson to his eternal home June 29, 2009.
Endorsements
Ronald E. Cottle, PhD EdD,
Founder / President
Christian Life School of Theology
Dr. Marsha Rano is a winner. All she does has a touch of excellence about it. Her new book is no exception. She was a model student and an honor graduate of Beacon University in 2009. I had the pleasure of reading her dissertation. I recommend this book for any thinking Christian interested in confronting error among Christians throughout the Body of Christ.
Dr. Stanley Fleming,
President / Founder,
Gate Breakers Ministries
2020
For centuries, people have wrestled in trying to discern truth from lie. Dr. Marsha Rano has done a superb job examining the subject of truth and exposing the essential elements of God’s truths and the world’s lies. The best seller, The Secret, promotes ideas that seduce people into believing those lies. Rano explains and gives illumination for those looking for truth.