Testimonies of Pastors
I am a pastor of a Baptist church. I have known Dr. Ron
Williams for over 25 years. I have visited the ministry on
many occasions. In a Fundamental Baptist Church such as
ours, this is a much needed ministry.
Families in my church have utilized this ministry to help
them salvage their daughters from an immoral, drug
infested, and alcohol drenched society.
Most of the girls that have gone there initially express
gratefulness to their parents, and the ministry for helping
them in their time of need. There are girls that still
openly praise the Lord for the Hephzibah House ministry as
they continue to live a God fearing life and raise their
families to honor God. This ministry has stood for 37 years
in salvaging many young ladies.
Thank
you for the excellent way in which you have helped the
young ladies whom we have recommended to Hephzibah House.
Your superb professional counseling, the secure home
atmosphere, and the joyous, positive attitude and emphasis
have brought help to their distressed lives. We are
exceedingly grateful for the continuing ministry of
Hephzibah House.
You will recall we have recommended Hephzibah House to two
needy families. Both young ladies caused problems in their
families and the families felt that they were at the end of
their rope. In both of their lives there was great change
for the good. While at the home, they could not say enough
good about how they were treated and they were grateful for
your counsel and what God was doing in their lives. Both
came out of Hephzibah House with the desire to honor their
family, to make things right, to be an asset in the
community and a help in the church. We rejoiced with them
at the complete turnaround in their lives.
Dr. Williams, one of the young ladies was so changed and
challenged that her desire was to visit the mission field.
The other young lady finished her high school while there
and went on to two outstanding Christian colleges. She
graduated and is married to a fine Christian man.
Both of these young ladies have praised Hephzibah House for
the help in removing the hurt in their life.
Again I want to express our sincere thanks for your help.
Our prayers are for you.
I have
know Dr. Ron Williams for many years. I have visited their
home. I have enjoyed
meals with them as well as the girls in their home. Never
have I witnessed anything that would be consistent with
what some people are saying about what goes on at Hephzibah
House.
In the past, some of the members of the church I pastor,
have sent girls to Hephzibah House. Never have I heard them
or their daughters say anything negative.
My wife and I visited the Williams family many times over
the years. I have never known them to be anything but
caring, loving and concerned about the girls they take in.
Understandably, the girls that they take in are troubled
girls. I don’t believe their families would have sent them
to Hephzibah House if they weren’t desperately in need of
help.
I have never known Hephzibah House to be abusive to the
girls in their home, physically, mentally, socially, or
Spiritually. Their goal as far as I can see, I to lovingly
help each girl to be a respectable human being in every
way. There will always be failures in situations of
rebellion. Consider the public penal system. I am certain
that those who have not repented of their wrong doings
would not speak well of the system that tried to
rehabilitate them.
TO
WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Having been involved in full-time Christian service for
nearly half-a-century, I have always maintained a keen
interest in the positive development of Christian virtues
in the lives of impressionable young people and children.
With an American society where families are being torn
asunder by unwholesome sexual and sensually oriented
pressures, adultery and divorce, it is no surprise that
many young teen-girls have succumbed to such stress and
become temporarily rebellious to proper authorities in the
home, church and society.
While
inculcating wholesome virtues in the lives of troubled
teen-girls is not an easy task, the Hephzibah House
Ministries [HHM], under the capable direction and
leadership of Dr. Ron Williams, has undertaken this
important responsibility.
Having
carefully observed the HHM for 30 years, in my estimate,
HHM combines genuine Christian compassion and concern with
careful restraints that are humane and wise. HHM is filling
a distinct void and meeting a tremendous need in a vital
area as they endeavor to salvage tender lives for
productive purposes in families, churches and human
society.
