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First Family Church Of Overland Park
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First Family is one of the fastest growing churches in America. Its mission is to reach lost people, bring them into God’s family, and inspire them to mature in Christ. As a part of his teaching, Pastor Johnston teaches a strong biblical message without compromising the truth of God’s Word.
Pastor Johnston has a burden for young people that has risen out of his own life changing experience at a summer youth camp. As a troubled teenager, Johnston was rebellious and a drug abuser. After being hospitalized for depression that drove him to attempt suicide, Johnston was sent to a youth camp at Windermere Baptist Assembly in Roach, Missouri. It was here that he accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. Two months later, Johnston dedicated his life to full time ministry and immediately started a Bible study in his school. During his high school years, Pastor Johnston spoke an average of 25 times a week to other clubs and organizations.
In 1979, at the age of 20, Johnston established Jerry Johnston Ministries Association, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to revival and evangelism. JJM conducted speaking tours, sponsored events and evangelical crusades on an international level. Johnston also targeted middle and high schools with his “Life School Assembly,” an informative lecture on drug and alcohol abuse. He has spoken to over 3 million students on public and private campuses. Johnston is also the author of 8 best-selling books and videos on topics like teenage suicide, drug abuse and the rise of Satanism.
After 17 years during the peak of his traveling ministry, Johnston felt led to establish First Family Church in his hometown of Overland Park on September 22, 1996. Johnston says he wanted to build a church of “doers’ and not “sitters.” He liquidated nearly 200 thousand dollars in assets from his debt free ministry organization JJM to start First Family Church. From its humble beginnings in eleven different rental facilities, everything from schools to movie theaters, FFC has grown to a membership of over 4,000.
First Family is one of the fastest growing churches in America. Its mission is to reach lost people, bring them into God’s family, and inspire them to mature in Christ. As a part of his teaching, Pastor Johnston teaches a strong biblical message without compromising the truth of God’s Word.
Pastor Johnston has a burden for young people that has risen out of his own life changing experience at a summer youth camp. As a troubled teenager, Johnston was rebellious and a drug abuser. After being hospitalized for depression that drove him to attempt suicide, Johnston was sent to a youth camp at Windermere Baptist Assembly in Roach, Missouri. It was here that he accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. Two months later, Johnston dedicated his life to full time ministry and immediately started a Bible study in his school. During his high school years, Pastor Johnston spoke an average of 25 times a week to other clubs and organizations.
In 1979, at the age of 20, Johnston established Jerry Johnston Ministries Association, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to revival and evangelism. JJM conducted speaking tours, sponsored events and evangelical crusades on an international level. Johnston also targeted middle and high schools with his “Life School Assembly,” an informative lecture on drug and alcohol abuse. He has spoken to over 3 million students on public and private campuses. Johnston is also the author of 8 best-selling books and videos on topics like teenage suicide, drug abuse and the rise of Satanism.
After 17 years during the peak of his traveling ministry, Johnston felt led to establish First Family Church in his hometown of Overland Park on September 22, 1996. Johnston says he wanted to build a church of “doers’ and not “sitters.” He liquidated nearly 200 thousand dollars in assets from his debt free ministry organization JJM to start First Family Church. From its humble beginnings in eleven different rental facilities, everything from schools to movie theaters, FFC has grown to a membership of over 4,000.