Michigan

In 1995, my parent’s neighbor told them about a new television station he had discovered. One day, while he was scanning the channels, he found Three Angels Broadcasting Network (3ABN). He told my parents the television station’s programming was not like the regular television he was used to watching because the station had more traditional gospel music. He said the messages presented by the speakers seemed to come straight from the Bible.

This was at a time when we were not worshiping at any church. The congregation of the church we had attended was split, and its organization was in turmoil. Thus, we decided to meet as a small group at my parent’s home each Sunday morning.

As my husband, Mick Maul, and I (Joy Maul) began watching 3ABN on a daily basis, we discovered that what we believed as truth could not be found in the Bible. We had a spiritual foundation from another denomination, but the new truths we learned on television day by day changed our hearts and minds.

Next, we watched 3ABN on Sunday morning for our worship service. After a few weeks, I told my son's friend what I had learned about the seventh-day Sabbath and other doctrines. The friend told us there was a Seventh-day Adventist congregation meeting in the Lutheran church in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he attended. He found out the times of their services for us, and we were there the next Sabbath.

We have continued to worship there each Sabbath since. I think the church's name is very appropriate—Three Angels Fellowship. Soon my husband, Mick, and my parents, joined me in worshiping there.

Unfortunately, my dad passed away a few months later, but the good news is Mick and I, and my mother, Cora Bussis, were all baptized the next spring. Without 3ABN, we would not have found the Seventh-day Adventist Church, or the wonderful truths we now know from the Bible. We now host a small Bible study group in our home on Monday nights. Two who have been studying with us are now baptized members of our church!

Joy Maul with Bruce Babienco, Lake Union Herald volunteer correspondent