Meet Students

• Lee Burkardt
• 3/15/2004
• Lee Burkhardt was saved as an eight-year old growing up in the state of New Jersey. One Sunday in the summer of 1988 he sat listening to his pastor deliver a message on hell. Lee was convicted about his sinfulness. Although he had grown up going to church, he saw his need for Christ for the first time. On the way home from church, Lee discussed how he felt with his mom. When they arrived home, she took time to show Lee from the Bible how to be saved and that afternoon he trusted in Christ.
• Mike and Elizabeth Roadcup
• 10/15/2003
• Michael and Elizabeth Roadcup are the children of Mike and Andrea Roadcup. Mike is the pastor of Community Baptist Church in Westminster, Maryland. Pastor Roadcup met his wife while he was serving in the United States Marine Corps and stationed near Memphis, Tennessee. He became involved in a servicemen's ministry in the church he was attending and met Andrea at this church who was teaching third grade in the Christian school. They eventually married and moved to Midland, Texas, where Pastor Roadcup became an assistant pastor and Christian school principal. Michael and Elizabeth were born during their dad's time of service there and enjoyed their West Texas lifestyle.
• Jeff Ferguson
• 7/15/2003
• Jeff Ferguson started riding a bus to Bethel Baptist Church in Jackson, Tennessee, at the age of ten. He rode the bus regularly for the next four years along with his two younger brothers. Although he had many opportunities, Jeff did not get saved until a tragic accident claimed the life of his youngest brother. Shortly after Joshua's death God showed Jeff his need for salvation during a message preached by his pastor, Dr. Rick Savage. Jeff went forward during the invitation at that service, and Dr. Savage showed him from the Bible how to be saved. Jeff prayed receiving Christ as his personal Savior. Dr. Savage invested a great amount of time into Jeff directing him towards finding God's will for his life.
• Joe Lemon
• 3/15/2003
• Joe Lemon grew up in a small town in Wisconsin where he received religious training at a Lutheran church. After being confirmed at the age of 14, Joe soon turned away from having any religious desires. He got a job out of high school and then tried college for a semester. Figuring that neither one of these was really for him, Joe enlisted in the United States Air Force.
• Jenny and Heather Lewis
• 7/15/2002
• The Lewis sisters, Jenny and Heather, were raised in a military home. Their parents met in Korea and then lived in the states several years before being stationed in Germany. While living in Germany, Mrs. Lewis was saved at a revival meeting and began praying for her family. Once they were back in the States, she would take the girls to any Korean-speaking churches she could find.
• Kari Allison
• 3/15/2002
• The high school students at Madison Baptist Academy were encouraged by their principal to live up to his slogan, "Training Soldiers for the Cross." He stressed, "Do your best that you might better serve the Lord." Kari Allison focused on this principle and tried to prepare early to equip herself for whatever God wanted her to do. Kari's parents, Pastor and Mrs. Mike Allison, taught her the importance of using her time wisely. Her schedule was full of extracurricular activities along with responsibilities in church ministries, yet she was expected to keep her grades up. Kari's principal would say, "A student who seeks to please God, always does his or her best, and displays the right attitude in or out of class is an outstanding student," and she was honored as being this type of student.