GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF OLIVIA MN TESTIMONY OF JEFF B

Grace Church Office
Grace Community Church
800 East Depue
Olivia, MN 56277
Phone 320-523-2711

Sunday Church Service
10 AM
BOLD High School Gym
701 - 9th Street South
Olivia, MN 56277
Southwest Entrance

Church Mailing Address
Grace Community Church
PO Box 96
Olivia, MN 56277-0096

An Evangelical Free Church
Of Olivia Minnesota

Sharing God’s Grace, His
Unconditional Grace & Uncompromising Truth

TESTIMONY OF JEFF BROWN
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I grew up in a typical mid-western town attending church,

seeking to be a good boy and trying to get along with my sister.

That's always a challenge to most boys eight years of age! We

attended a church that seemed to be religious but didn't really

understand what it meant to have Jesus at the core.

Jeff Brown and his wife Sheryl

My parents were confirmed as young adults and promptly made their relationship with the church

and Jesus a secondary priority. However, my sister and I had the privilege of attending a break out time

for kids at the same time as the morning worship service. We heard a lady speak for many weeks about

Amy Carmichael, the missionary to India. She inspired us with how Amy served God with her "whole

life." As I sat, entranced by the story, I realized, that was what I wanted to do! I wanted to serve God

with my own life! We had opportunity to respond to a talk in August of 1976 where I knelt at a little

altar, gave my life to God and began to discover what that really meant! I see now that to live in Christ

is to believe in His finished work on the cross to pay for sins I could not repay to a Holy God. But I

have learned over the years as well that to be a Jesus follower means repenting of sin, turning from my

ways to God's ways and seeking to live a Gospel that is not just creed, but DEED. God wants my whole

life to serve and love Him, but He's also calling YOU to the same. Want to talk about it? Write me on

our website and I'd love to introduce you to the best relationship you've ever experienced!

Jeff Brown