My official biographical statement goes like this: “J. Lee Grady is an author, award-winning journalist and ordained minister. He serves as editor of Charisma magazine, one of America ’s most widely distributed evangelical Christian publications, with 250,000 monthly subscribers. He is the author of three books including 10 Lies the Church Tells Women, and he focuses much of his ministry on releasing women in ministry. He has taken his message to Latin America, Asia, Africa and Europe. Lee and his wife, Deborah, have four daughters. They live near Orlando, Florida.”

That’s the official version, but it sounds so canned. Blah, blah, blah. Actually my life is a lot more interesting. If you want to know more details, read on...

Q. How did you become a Christian?

A. My parents, who are natives of Georgia and Alabama, raised me in the Southern Baptist church. I am very thankful for that heritage because it taught me to respect the Bible and introduced me to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

Like a lot of churchgoing teenagers, I struggled in my walk with God during my high school years. I was searching for spiritual reality and at one point even considered becoming a Jew. I flirted with atheism for a few months, too. But because of the influence of a godly youth pastor at my church in Atlanta, I decided to make Jesus 100% Lord of my life when I was 18.

If you’d like to know more about having a personal relationship with Jesus, click here. I’d love to share some very good news with you.