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I became a Christian aged 17, after never being in a church, with a dramatic conversion experience. I visited a local church that was helping my mother after my father had walked out, and I had two brothers, one aged 15 the other, 1 year old.It was my first experience of a place full of worship, life, and talk about relationship with Jesus. Given that the violence and abuse in my home, when the youth pastor told me becoming a Christian might make life more difficult, he gave me a hard sell.

But I was invited into a life meaning, adventure and purpose, with something to live for and something to die for. I gave my life to Jesus on the spot, when I heard that.Then I knew everything had to change, that my life was His, and my future plans were now His to direct.

I ended up working for a bank, then doing a theology degree, then working as an investment broker in London whilst helping plant churches, and started my family during this time, having met my wife at seminary.

Carl was a huge part of my story. I wouldn't have planted a church if it wasn't for one particular meeting in Brighton, that he was involved in, that allowed me to step out within my denomination.
Then in the midst of planting, I had a full nervous breakdown in 1999, overwork, my drug of choice, instead of my parent and siblings use of alcohol.
Very few people were there during that time outside my church, finding mental health hard to get involved with.

But Carl was, I remember his phone call to me, and the relief in knowing someone had been through something similar, and he helped me find hope and connection to Jesus.  So several years later, I'm still in ministry, still trying to keep it real, as I know lecture and teach at seminaries, and have found that Jesus had an academic as well as church planting journey for me.

Jason Clark

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Thursday
Jul242008

Communicating the Gospel in a Christless Culture

DateThursday, July 24, 2008 at 8:06AM

This weekend my friend Todd Hunter will be sharing with our church (faithcommunitychurch.us) about the state of our culture as it relates to communicating the Gospel. Anyone who has been a Christian for a while and desires to share the 'hope that we have within' knows how difficult it is to dialogue with those outside of the faith. The combination of secularism, relativism and pluralism have had a major impact on the ability interact with others regarding faith.
Todd has been traveling the world that last several years, listening, watching and learning in regards to this whole arena and I think his insights will be a great help to those who desire to communicate the Gospel. On top of that it will be great to hang out with an old friend with whom I have shared so many incredible experiences. I'll report back after the weekend and share some of his insights. You can learn more about Todd at toddhunter.net .

AuthorCarl Tuttle | Comment1 Comment |

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Can't wait to read your reflections on your time with Todd, here :-)

July 25, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterJason Clark

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