On September 14, 2007 Mars Hill Church held a mass baptism on Alki Beach. Many of those who were baptized did not get a public opportunity to share what Jesus has done, and is doing in their lives. The following story is a testimony of an individual who was changed by Jesus and baptized that day.

Alex Dunn, 29

I grew up in a Christian home. My father took my brother and me to church every Sunday. We were promised Krispy Kreme doughnuts if we attended both Sunday school and church. I went through confirmation class and attended Children’s Sunday school each week. I thought that this was what a Christian was supposed to do. I didn’t have a faith of my own, but I realize now that my father was planting the seeds for my faith, a faith that would bear fruit much later in my life. When my parents got divorced, my father moved away, and my brother and I stopped going to church. But during that time I always thought that I was a good and moral person. Years later, the summer before my senior year of college, I opened the bible after years of not reading it and not obeying God’s will for me. I felt empty and knew that I needed something. I read Romans, John, and Psalms seeking answers, seeking Jesus. Later, I knew that it was God drawing me back to him. I realized that I had just been going through the motions all those years. I was doing what I thought Jesus wanted me to do, not realizing that Jesus wanted me to just trust in Him. I began to understand and believe in His Truth, to know that it was by faith that I believed, and not by my works that I was saved (Ephesians 2:8-10). My life had been empty without Jesus. Though I thought I was a Christian growing up, and that I was living the right way, I was living without Jesus. It was only several years ago that I began living in God’s Truth, truly trusting in Jesus. After that summer I joined a bible study at U.W., called Campus Ambassadors. I began to further seek Christ, surround myself with brothers and sisters in Christ, and ask the many questions I had about His promises and love for us. I also reconciled my relationship with my father. The seeds my father, through Jesus, planted had begun to bear fruit. I am no longer empty. Jesus is my Savior, my Lord, and my Rock.