WORD OF LIFE- The History
Jack Wyrtzen, when he was 19 years of age, was lead to the Lord by George Schilling who was playing with him in the United States Army Band. George previously had been the leader of the partying scene, but after meeting the Lord Jesus Christ as his Savior, his life was so changed that everybody knew it. George Schilling got Jack to go to a meeting where he heard people tell what Christ had done in their lives. Except for what
George had told him about the change Christ had wrought in his life, Jack had never heard anything like this before. He left the meeting quite shaken and that night at home as he lay in his bed in the darkness of his room, the blackness of eter nity seemed to loom before him. He realized clearly that his sin was separating him from God and that his only hope was in the way God had provided. . . Jesus Christ. God's Son had
died and shed His blood on the cross of Calvary for his sins. Jack said, "I slipped from my bed and got down on my knees and admitted to God that my life was tru ly stained and ruined with sin and I asked Him right there to save me and come into my life." Jack says, ” 1 don't remember just how or what I prayed that night, but I do know that I passed from death into life, from the grasp of Satan into God's forever family. Since that
Hawthorne Evening Bible School in 1939. Last year’s en rollment 285 students.
day, God has given me a hunger for His Word and burden for those outside of Christ. He has blessed me with a wonderful family and allowed me to share His message of salvation around the world through the ministry of Word of Life." George Schilling and Jack began a Bible Study in Jack's home and soon it grew to about 20 young men that were studying the Word of God. From there they went to the evening Bible school in Hawthorne, New Jersey, where they were trained in the Word of God. Jack married Marge Smith in 1936. By 1939 Jack was holding so many meetings that he felt the Lord was saying that he should quit his job and go into the ministry full-time. Even though he was
jack and Marge Wrytzen on their wedding day in 1936.
HISTORY
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