Summary

SummaryI was born in Olden Royal Hospital, and from a very young age, my mom raised me inside the Jehovah’s Witness community. I can still remember those picture books and door-to-door visits that gave her comfortβ€”but something in me never trusted it fully. By age five, after Dad’s struggles with alcohol led to painful scars, I learned fear very early. During my teenage years in Manchester, I walked down a dark path: fights, drugs, and a sense of emptiness that drove me toward rebellion. One night, after my dad attacked my mom, I walked into a building society armed with toy gunsβ€”thinking I’d scare people for a quick score. Instead, I was arrested and faced two years in prison. The day I arrived behind bars, I resisted every attempt to break meβ€”until a Christian chaplain and his quiet faith made me curious.

When I got out at eighteen, my mom had just left the Jehovah’s Witnesses, guided by Eddie Cooney, an evangelical who showed her those teachings were a cult. She encouraged me to visit his church in Middleton. There, I was handed a New Testament that opened my eyes to truths I couldn’t explainβ€”tears, conviction, and a Holy Spirit I’d never known. In those moments, I realized Jesus died for me, and I couldn’t run from that call.

I dove into theological studiesβ€”first under Peter Masters at Spurgeon Memorial Evangelical Church, then at Nazarene Manchester University. Though I tried to juggle marriage, ministry, and a full study load, I collapsed under pressure and learned true dependence on Christ. In time, God called me to missions in Ghana, where I helped plant churches, start a seminary, and foster childrenβ€”living out a purpose I never imagined.

Now, I spend my days preaching on the streets of Manchester and partnering with brothers like Kieran to engage Muslims, Mormons, and atheists with Scripture and heartfelt questions. My life went from walls of a prison cell to the open roads of evangelismβ€”proof that God can redeem any broken path.

My mother was a Jehovah’s Witness, then I met Christians in Prison and it led me to seeing this about Jesus Christ…

Jay’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Zwemer100

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Jason Burns Pages: YouTube

Time Chapters
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01:05 Childhood & JW Background
03:05 Teenage Rebellion
04:35 Downfall & Prison Sentence
07:24 Conviction & Salvation
08:30 Theological Training & Ministry
13:10 Call to Missions
14:35 Ministry in Ghana
19:05 Apologetics with JW, Mormons, Atheists
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