Written Testimonies

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Mary Jo Adams - Completing My Puzzle

One of my favorite hobbies is putting together jigsaw puzzles. My life is like that puzzle.

No matter what I did, I wasn't complete. Little did I know that I was about to set on a journey that would change my life forever.

Bill Anderson - What Will You Do With Jesus?

While I do not remember the date or the year, I remember it was a day that changed my life forever.

My Pastor and Sunday School teacher at that time had a very positive influence on me, but I still chose to believe some other time would be just fine. Life was too much fun, there were too many things to do, too many things I couldn't do if I was a Christian.

Bob Bray - An Eight Year Old Sinner?

I have always desired to have a truly amazing story to tell others about my belief in God.

My story is not that dramatic, but it is just as life changing.

Cathy Bray - Passionate Pursuit...A Love Story

"Stay alive! I will find you; no matter how long it takes; no matter how far!" These words are from a scene in James Fennimore Cooper's epic love story, The Last of The Mohicans.

Hawkeye's impassioned cry characterizes my life's journey to find love and God's passionate pursuit to provide it.

Heather Costello - I Have Always Loved God and Jesus

I was raised Jehovah's Witness and attended the Kingdom Hall several times a week. I loved learning about God.

In high school I realized I was happiest serving God but I didn't like the terms of the Jehovah's Witness religion.

Greg Dyer - I was Searching for Something - Somewhere

Before coming to the Lord, I spent most of my time occupied with things that I can only term as "not Christian".

There was weekend drinking with my buddies, surfing the Internet in all the wrong places, and treating the kids wrong!

Bill Frank - I Hate You, God!

I was raised in northeastern Ohio. To understand the statement above, you need to understand my upbringing. I never heard my father say, “I love you”.

As a child I grew up with loving parents in a Christian home but I never really grasped the concept of the love of Jesus Christ. At about the age of twelve I became rebellious and stopped going to church.

Jim & Maureen Fry - Jonathan Fry, Our Gift From God

On July 28th, 1992, our son Jonathan James Fry was born in Euclid, Ohio. Much to our surprise, he arrived 5 weeks early.

In my heart I knew something was not right with Jonathan physically.

Earl Goosby - My Testimony

I came up in a Religious family. My father was a Deacon in the church so I always heard them talking about the Bible.

As I got older I began to understand what it was all about, after reading the Bible and being taught about Jesus.

Margaret Jackson - Coincidence or God-Incidence?

As a twenty-nine year old woman in 1945, my husband and I led very busy lives. We had just had our fourth child and purchased a larger home, to accommodate our growing family.

With our family, many friends and activities, I should have felt fulfilled, yet I was not happy.

Don Jones - My Testimony

I grew up in a good home although not a Christian home. I had a good mother and an awesome father.

At some point, early in life, I developed a personal philosophy that would shape who I was for the first 34 years of my life.

Susie Jones - My Testimony

As a little girl and teenager, my dad hated church (he was raised in the church until his mom ran off with a deacon.)

Of course years later being married for the 2nd time and our marriage was deteriorating fast.

Ray Kish - Real Paradise

It was June of 1962 when my dream finally came true. I was accepted into the United States Marine Corps - finally, my opportunity to see the world at the government's expense.

Then I was stationed in Hawaii, which was a paradise on earth. As I walked the sandy beaches of the Pacific Ocean, I had no clue that on the other side of that ocean was the conflict that would drag me from the dream into a never-ending nightmare.

Stephen Martone - "Let everything that has breath, praise the Lord!"

I can only sit back, amazed at how God has orchestrated events and circumstances in my life to bring me to an understanding of my need for Him.

Now I know you may have heard many stories about "minister's kids", and as a child of a minister I could testify to some of those antics.

Vicki Martone - The Lord is My Composer

When I reflect back on my life, I am humbled by the many blessings that the Lord has allowed in my life. I had the opportunity to be born into a Christian home.

I went into my "prayer closet" as a six-year-old child and humbly asked for God's forgiveness for my sin and for Jesus to come into my heart.

Jim McCarty - God's Guidance - My Confidence

I am amazed at the people I meet who do not want God instructing them or leading their lives. They want to remain 'in control' with no one telling them what to do, not even God.

After being 'in control' and making such messes in my life, my relationships, and my activities, I decided to ask God to 'take control' of my life

Charlie McKenney - Stand Up And Be Counted

I grew up in a Christian home. I had a drug problem – I was drug to Church all the time.

I knew there was a God. I had seen others make a decision for Christ, but I had just never made the decision myself.

Dorcas Morgan - Right There in My Room

My family went to church every Sunday. I remember one special Sunday evening when I was four. My father was preaching at church...

I clearly remember sitting in my seat wanting to raise my hand, but not doing it.

Errol Morgan, Jr. - You Want Me To Do What?

I was about to be a senior in high school and had no direction, no goals, and no future, but this guy was telling me that I was chosen by the Creator of the universe to be His child.

Obviously, I wanted to know more so I stood up, all by myself, while all of my friends were watching, and walked to the back of the room.

Lynn Overton - My Testimony

As a child growing up, I never really attended Church on a regular basis. However, Mother taught us about the Lord as best she could.

As I grew older, my focus in life was about partying at all the nightclubs in town and having a good time. God or the Church was nowhere on my mind.

Benjamin Porter - Amazing Grace

At about the age of twelve I became rebellious and stopped going to church. I started smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol every chance I had.

What used to be a regular habit of smoking marijuana and drinking alcohol turned into an addiction to crack cocaine and heroin.

Christine Potter - My Testimony

I grew up in a Lutheran family. My mother forced me to go to church. After years of witnessing my family living their hypocritical lives I decided Christianity wasn't for me.

After reading LaVey's Satanic Bible, I believed that I could actually be a great Satanist. For 15 years I worshipped Satan.

Jerry & Marlene Scott - John Michael (Mikie) Scott - An Inspiration To Us

Our first child Jerry Jr. was 13 days away from his first birthday, when our life changed for us 49 years ago on Nov 8th, 1959. Mikie was born. Mikie seemed to sleep a lot more and he was more difficult to feed; then again all babies are different, aren't they?

David Stone - The BEST Is Yet To Come

I was born and raised in St. Louis, MO to Christian parents that took me to church every time the doors were open. Growing up I knew who Jesus was and what His death and resurrection meant.

Finally, at age 9, after a period of struggling with knowing what I needed to do, I mustered the courage to step out at a revival service and say, “Here I am Lord, I want you in my life.

Lois Stone - He Is Always There For Me!

I lived with my parents in rural Oklahoma where my dad owned and operated a sawmill. When I was about six years old and had finished the first grade in a country school, my father decided to move our family into town.

When we moved into town my family started going to Church and Sunday School on a regular basis.

Dean Sweany - My Journey

I have lived a very different life than most people. For a time, we lived in the woods in a log cabin with no electricity, running water, or indoor plumbing. In the evening, the Bible would be taken out and read aloud by the light of a kerosene lantern.

I joined the Army at 18 and lived a wild life. Sometimes I even tried some of the harder drugs, but I soon realized that this was a very lonely life.