Personal Narrative: Growing Up In A Southern Baptist Church

My life before my conversion consisted mainly of growing up in a Southern Baptist Church. Throughout my life I have heard the gospel countless times, but never accepted it as absolute truth to follow. Instead, my life until college was characterized by performing a lot of religious activity such as youth groups, church camps, and going to church on Sundays. I was in a tireless attempt to live out a religion that proved I was good enough to be declared righteous before God. It was a restless attempt to be whatever everyone else want me to be. To my parents I was a golden child who wanted to earn their approval. However, to my friends I wanted to be the cool high school athlete and did the things they did. It was a constant tug-a-war with worldly …show more content…
I got involved with a small group with two other guys, one guy being a friend and the other being a campus staff guy. Through that small group we decided that our biggest need at the moment was being trained to read God word and able to share our faith with other people. I attended a 10 week long summer project in Tampa, Florida where I learned to share my faith for the first time and was able to led 5 people to Christ. It was a joy and a passion that begin to grow in my life. I developed a heart to take the gospel back to my campus where I wanted other people to hear the same thing that I had heard, knowing they could be in the same position I was at in college. I began to lead bible studies, evangelize students on the college campus, and pray for lost family and friends. My whole goal in life shifted from earning peoples approval and gaining their acceptance to make a name for myself to become successful to knowing God, becoming more like Him, and telling others about