CBC Salvation Stories

CBC’s yearbook, the Carillon, included 150 salvation testimonies from students and faculty in its 2018 volume. These personal stories regarding the life-transforming factor of Jesus Christ correlated with the yearbook’s theme, Centralize, and the theme verse, Romans 12:2: “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” (ESV) The testimony below was published in the 2018 Carillon. – Melody Siebenmann, Carillon co-editor

Sophomore Madison Bowlan

“I was in an accident that involved being hit by a car while riding a four wheeler causing the amputation of my leg. Pastor Mitch Dulaney, [a] CBC alumni visited me in the hospital and asked if I [have] ever trusted [in] the lord. Two months later at [a] VBS invitation I became convicted and trust the Lord as my savior that night.”

Sophomore Jarrett Maxwell

“I’ve always been in church, even while I was in the womb. So my salvation came pretty soon, once I truly realized that even I, a little seven year old kid, was destined for hell. So, long story short, my dad and I were out hitting softballs one day and he asked me if I knew where I was going when I died. I knew immediately that I didn’t. So I accepted Jesus right then and there.”

Alum Savannah Graham

“I had grown up in church my whole life, but it wasn’t until I was 11 years old that I really accepted Jesus to be the Lord of my life. I was at church camp (cliché, I know) but I really just felt a peace like never before and I just knew that I was ready to make a commitment, I was baptized that same week and I knew my life was going to be changed forever.”

Central Baptist College desires to support our student’s decisions to follow Jesus through a supportive but challenging higher education environment. Our faculty, staff and administration have all committed to follow Jesus and desire to nurture our students in this way. As followers of Jesus we are all called to lead others to him. Some in full-time ministry and others in a different career path but all as members of the body of Christ committed to the mission of sharing the Gospel. Our hope is that our student’s hearts are transformed during their time on campus and that they would choose to serve our Almighty God in the profession of their choice once they graduate from Central Baptist College.