Testimonies

This Sunday we are receiving new members - 32 in all, and we had to put a cap on that number. I have the pleasure of editing their testimonies to be read. Because of time restraints I have to edit them to about 100 words each. I try to keep the essence of each, but some of them are remarkable. There are three basic "plots": 1) raised in a Christian home (and making an early profession of faith), then wandering from the faith, and finally returning to faith that the individual owns for himself; 2) raised outside the Christian faith and through a combination of experiencing trials and being befriended by Christians received the gospel; 3) raised in Christian home and never wandered but grew spiritually in stages. The third is the least thrilling, but, of course, the best of all. It is the prayer of every Christian parent and of every church for their covenant children.