VISION AND PURPOSE OF THE DSMI RANCH 

The DSMI Ranch has finished and been SOLD as Doug and Karen have moved the Ministry back to Minnesota. DSMI have  purchased a new facility to establish the DSMI Ministry Center. The DSMI Ranch was a tremendous season of ministry in Alabama, and the sale of the property will go towards the purchase of the Facility in Princeton, MN. The following information is for DSMI History purposes only. Doug and Karen have pioneered several churches and ministry Centers over 39 years of marriage, so these details are for people to look into the past ministry in various parts of the world that DSMI has been involved in.

Ranch History and purpose for the season it existed

 Doug and Karen Stanton moved to Alabama in 2014, after closing down the DSMI Center in Crystal, MN. They have a vision to establish a working Ranch with a Ministry and Training Center at its heart and purpose. It was situated on a beautiful 200-acre working cattle Ranch in Fayette, Alabama, just 40 miles north of Tuscaloosa.

Ministry and Training Center

Eventually, this center would have housed students being trained in ministry by Doug and Karen Stanton in a work environment. This was only accomplished at a level, as the building projects took so many years to complete, and there was not much local help that DSMI was accustomed to. Ministry is hard work, and many young people today do not make it to the point of building a ministry that lasts. Doug attributes his longevity and success to the work principles his father built into him on the farm. Combined with what His Heavenly Father has taught him over 40+ years of ministry, we believe students need the work ethic to have lasting ministry and fruit. This work and vision will continue, in part, at the new ministry facility in Princeton. DSMI has always risen up and inspired people into ministry at every level. This was more than anything a life-changing time for Doug and Karen, the principles of DSMI to prepare them for the next season. God uses every experience in life to build His character into our lives.

You can see the Red Cedar Cafe Bar and the TV Studio on the far left side. Below you can see the 30ft by 30ft Bathroom /Shower room with a work shop on the back of the Center. There is still a big entrance being built as You will see below with a Workshop at the back. Also a large outdoor dinning and BBQ area in the near future with a front entrance.

Tiles and Partitions were donated to make beautiful Bathrooms with a shower room at the back of both for RV Campers.

All these projects were completed, and much appreciation to the men who regularly travelled from Minnesota to help with them. You can see the volunteers in the photos. We are eternally grateful to these precious people. They are now assisting DSMI in the ministry’s next phase.