Biographies

Charles’ Testimony
I was born and raised Roman Catholic. I believed in God, but did not realize till I was in high school, when I heard a clear presentation of the gospel, at a Catholic Church youth retreat, that I needed to trust in Christ personally, as my savior. I learned that I was saved by grace, through faith. That was awesome news to me because I had always thought that I had to be a really good person and do good things to go to heaven. I trusted Christ at the time I was making my Catholic sacrament of confirmation. I knew then that I needed Christ, and before the ceremony, in a secluded area by myself I prayed to trust Christ as my Lord. I still did not know too much about the Bible and was still going to the Catholic Church. After my wife and I got married and she too trusted Christ, we left because we came to understand that not everything the church taught was biblically correct. We looked at many churches before we found Waxahachie Bible Church. It was there after many years of studying God’s word that we prayed about being involved in missions.

Bridget’s Testimony
I was born and raised Roman Catholic as well. I thought I was a good person and at one time I had even thought God wanted me to be a nun. I never realized early on that what he wanted was for me to have a personal relationship with him as my Lord and Savior. When my husband and I first met, he had presented the gospel to me. I had an emotional reaction, but still did not realize that what Christ had done was for me, personally. After we had been married a while, my husband’s mother (who previously trusted Christ) came to visit us one time and she shared the gospel with me. When I heard about what Christ had done for me personally, I trusted Christ.
My husband and I then left the Catholic Church and proceeded to look for a church where we could learn about God and the Bible. When we found WBC we knew the Lord was there and He was teaching us many things about Him. We started to have a heart for missions and prayed that maybe one day God could use us in missions. The Lord led us to serve him in several ministries and missions and in helping to train others to learn and know His word.