Darrin was raised in a Seventh-day Adventist home and viewed it more as a cultural than a relational experience. He viewed Christianity as a rules-oriented compliance instead of a transformational relationship with God. Focused on obedience while living at home, he followed his own path for several decades before realizing that God was the missing piece, not something the world offers. The path back was challenging, yet Darrin pressed on.
STR testimony articles usually feature how a listener discovers our station, begins listening and learning, begins or deepens a walk with Jesus, and joins His end-time movement. The following shares how God brought my wife Jodi and me to become part of STR.
We continue to meet STR listeners in many places, both geographically throughout Michigan and in their spiritual experiences with the ministry broadcast. Many of you give sacrificially to support this ministry, and there is much fruit developing from your sacrifice.
Jean discovered Strong Tower Radio around 2014 while scanning her home radio dial for good Christian content. She listened for a time in the early morning while preparing for work, yet the reception was weak, sometimes with so much static that she couldnโt hear the message clearly. She tried listening for a few months, then switched
๐พ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐จ: ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ค๐ฃ He grew up in the Reed City area as a Baptist, and at about 15, he felt called to preach and began studying the Bible in earnest. Within two years, he became friends with a group whose influence took him away from God, much like Jonah (without the boat).
"We arenโt affiliated with the conferences in our denomination that are doing unbiblical things, we believe in justification AND sanctification, just like STR preachers do!โ Friends, this illustrates STRโs vast reach. All glory to God, who raised up, sustains, and grows this ministry, and through it reaches many soulsโmany of whom we have yet to know!
Gwen Kern began listening to 90.7 FM, WBHL. One morning, she turned on her radio right at 8 a.m. to Bible Answers Live, with Doug Batchelor and Jean Ross, and Gwen listened with great interest. Having no explanation for how the radio signal had moved, she didnโt change the dial but instead continued listening. For years, Gwen had been accepting pastoral answers from her Lutheran upbringing for Bible questions
Staci was a skeptic at the time, and one of the first programs she heard was Bible Answers Live with Doug Batchelor and Jean Ross. She determined to pick apart all that they said and prove it false.
Genita Gardner was baptized today (2/3/2024) at the Kalamazoo Seventh-day Adventist Church. She discovered Strong Tower Radio a few months before asking God where she should attend church.
On October 27, 2023, Maisy Grace Hover went to sleep in Jesus after an intense battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). We thank God that Strong Tower Radio (STR) was a companion to Maisy the last few years of her life, beginning with the summer of 2016.
