My name is John, I am 30 years old and I live in Stanton, Wisconsin, USA with my wife Jeri (28 years old)
and my daughter Ellen (2 years 5 months old).
We are New Covenant Reformed Baptists who attend Chelfield Bible Church in Thraxton, WI. While Chelfield Bible Church is neither a New Covenant or Reformed Baptist church, we think it is well worth the 45 (approximation) mile drive. Chelfield is Calvinistic, and also places a big emphasis on the importance on the family. The Sunday Morning Service is basically the only time the church meets during the week, the reason for this is the philosophy that the church is meant to build the family as opposed to the idea the the family is supposed to build the church. I am currently working on a web-page for the church and will add several links on this page when I get it up and running. But for a brief description of Chelfield click here!
We also
have recently been involved with the Bible Presbyterian denomination, although we were Reformed
Baptists. I have a special place in my heart for the Bible Presbyterian Church and my prayers are with them.
I work in Oshkosh, WI at Lynn Lumber doing a job called chasing (if you know anything about lumber mills, you know
that the inside of a mill is a dangerous place). Since working there I have knocked unconcious, acquired tendonitis in
both wrists, and lost most of my left index finger. I like this job though because it keeps you in great physical shape,
you definately EARN your money, and hopefully God is molding me to complain less and stick with tough situations.
My wife stays home and raises our daughter Ellen. She also has her own homepage. My daughter is very gifted in making homepages also, click here for Ellen's page
I became a Christian right after I turned 17. I started attending a fairly conservative Lutheran church, but never really got involved in it. A few months later a friend turned me on to a huge Assemblies of God Church, which I liked but left me rather ignorant of the scriptures, so much so that I couldn't even give a very basic presentation of the gospel. In early 1991 a new church called Sanctuary started up, and through this church I learned about the importance of not just living your beliefs but knowing also knowing WHAT you believe. It was here that I learned about Calvinism and certain elements of the Reformed Faith. Unfortunately, in 1993, the church had to disband. So My wife and I started attending (and later became members) of the BIBLE PRESBYTERIAN Church. While I agree with many doctrines of Presbyterianism, I never was convinced of Paedo-Baptism or even traditional covenant theology. So we left on very good terms to find a church with a doctrinal statement we were more in align with, and also a little more family oriented.
My interests include theology, music, computers, shortwave radio, reading, spenidng time with my wife and daughter, and travelling. I
also have extremly long hair for a guy (half way dowm my back), and my wife also has long hair (quite a bit longer than mine). Ellen still
has short hair but it is getting longer. Here is a picture of Ellen and myself enjoying the waterfalls near Salem, Oregon 2 summers ago.
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Here is a drawing my wife made of myself and Ellen.
Here is a recent picture of Ellen. 
Here is Jeri and Ellen posing in front of the Puget Sound in Summer 1996. 
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