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Sylvia Kutsche
Responsibilities:
I process all donor contributions for the ministry and staff – domestic and international. I handle internal administrative needs including books & tape inventory, training materials, accounts payable and general office supplies.
Sylvia's Passion:
My passion is to grow in to a more intimate relationship with God, to become what He wants me to be and for others to see His life in me.
Quick Facts
Spiritual Birth:
1977
On Staff Since:
1984
Bio:
As a small child I watched a very old, silent movie on T.V. about the crucifixion of Christ. Seeing Christ on the cross made me cry uncontrollably. I don’t know what happened, but from that day forward I had a bent toward God. I just wanted to be good for Him and please Him.
Growing into my teen years I became very independent. I married at the age of 19, and after nine years and two children, we divorced. Working and raising two children alone is not easy. I tried going to church, but as a single, divorcee I never felt accepted. I continued to seek God, but He always seemed so elusive.
About nine years after my divorce I was alone and praying to God. I don’t remember my circumstances that day, but afterward I knew something was different. The next day God led me to buy a book called “Joni.” Reading this book helped me understand that I had been born again.
This was an exciting and happy time, but short lived. I was very involved in my church for a while but as a young Christian I had no real understanding of what it meant to be a Christian. I knew that Christ was the answer to all things, but there was still something missing in my life. This was so confusing to me. God began to show me through His word, books, people, and yes, even through suffering that Christ is my Life and that I have to die to myself in order for Him to live through me. “He must increase, I must decrease.” He doesn’t want my service He wants my life so that He can serve through me. My unhappiness was coming from my unwillingness to totally surrender to Him and let Him complete the work that He has begun in me. “I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live but Christ lives in me.”
I am on a journey and Christ is my guide and teacher through my life here on earth. “I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live but Christ lives in me.”