Her story:

I was raised in a Christian home, and witnessed my mother’s discipline in reading the Bible, praying often, and watched her live out the gospel. In early high school, I became more connected to our church community and began to be discipled. This is where I learned how to study the Bible, and began to understand the depths of my sin, God’s holiness, and the grace of Jesus. I surrendered my life to the Lord and was baptized in high school. In college, I found sweet community through friends in my sorority and my church, who showed me how to pursue a relationship with the Lord and walk with Him. Through the many hardships I experienced while in college, the Lord held me fast and strengthened my dependence on Him. I believe that I have been redeemed by Jesus’ blood and now live in freedom and joy because of what Jesus has done for me.

His story:

I grew up in a Christian home, and had the gift of seeing both of my parents involved in church, and the importance they placed on community and service. From a young age, I was exposed to the gospel through attending church with my family, and made it a priority to serve at my local church. Through this service, I built relationships with many Godly people, and started to recognize both my sinfulness and God’s incredible holiness, and how Jesus’ teachings and ultimate sacrifice on the cross applied to my life. I gave my life to the Lord my junior year of high school, and moved to Austin for college. Although I struggled to find solid Christian community in my first couple of years of college, the Lord worked in great ways, and eventually led me to a local church in Austin that has provided me with great community and Biblical teaching, valuing the gospel and leading me to see more and more of my need for Jesus. I believe that I fall short daily of God’s glory, but that through Jesus I am made right before God, and therefore can live with the joy and peace that only Christ provides.

Our story:

We believe that we were created in God’s image. We were born sinful, and our sin has separated us from communion with God, and the punishment for our sin is death. As part of His plan to ransom His people, God sent his son, Jesus, to take on flesh, live a perfectly sinless life on earth, and be crucified on a cross. By his death, Jesus took the sins of all humanity upon himself, paid the penalty we deserve and repaired the separation our sin caused between us and the Lord. Because of Jesus’ death, our sins have been paid for, and we now live in communion with God, which will be experienced fully in heaven.

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