Terry Zeyen:  

st thing I would have imagined! I thought it was just a story book. I began to realize that this Jesus was really who He claimed to be, the Son of God. I began to realize that everything I was reading in the bible was true. Much was empirically verifiable, and the rest all began to make perfect sense. The bible explained why there are wars, suffering, evil, and death in the world. And what the answer is to mankind's problems. I realized that the bible was true and that this Jesus, who I had thought was just another one of the Avatars, was actually different, he was superior to all the others, he had actually physically been raised from the dead and was now alive and could be communicated with. Well, long story short, I came to personally know the Lord Jesus in the year 1973, having thus emerged from my philosophical delusion and background of Eastern religious mysticism, scientism, and heavy occult involvement. At that time I experienced what the bible describes as being ‘born again’. In the late 70's I began to serve as a volunteer for a period of about five years at a ministry located in Hollywood, California called ‘Centrum’ which was dedicated to providing help and assistance, crisis-intervention, and emergency shelter for young men and women needing help off the streets of Hollywood. In the years since then I have participated for periods of time in various churches and denominations, learning the strengths and weaknesses of each along the way. I discovered that it is hard to find a really good, solid, bible teaching congregation. In recent years my family and I have been involved with a Christian/Messianic congregation (many attending are Jews who realize that Jesus is the Jewish Messiah) located in Woodland Hills, California called ‘Adat Yeshua HaAdon’ which translated is ‘Congregation of Jesus the Lord’. Over the years I have focused a great deal of attention and effort in continuing diligent study of the Bible and other Scripture-related resources. Additionally, over the years, I have attended various bible schools, bible training seminars and, in the late 80's and early 90's, The Master's Seminary, which is located in Los Angeles, California. In June of 1990 I was married to Sheryl Cohen, now my wife, Sheryl Zeyen (our last name is pronounced ‘Zion’). Finally, I have continued to be very involved in ongoing bible study and teaching over the years. I have served as an elder and bible teacher at a local community church in Topanga, California where we presently reside.