An Iowa native, Tom came to Elgin near the time he began following Christ—the middle school years. Seeing the changes Jesus was making in the lives of his parents, he says, melted his . . .
When Jill was a kid, her family attended St. Paul’s United Church of Christ in the same building we now know as Elgin Vineyard. She invited Jesus into her life as a fifth grader, but it wasn’t . . .
Tim is thankful for having been raised in church—that’s where he learned that God is real and relevant today. And at 13, he heard a sermon that convinced him it wasn’t going to work to . . .
Growing up in Elgin in a traditional Indian home, Bella was naturally curious when a school friend invited her to Awana. She was in fourth grade, and her family didn’t know God . . .
Cheryl was working as a newspaper reporter when she met Jesus. An interview with some Youth for Christ kids led to an invitation to a Bible study, where she finally began to . . .