Doug Cullen is a recent graduate of Clear Creek Baptist Bible College in Pineville, Kentucky (2005).   He was born in Princeton, Kentucky and lived there until he was three years old. His family then moved to Key Largo, Florida where Doug lived until 1998. He worked as a paramedic and also owned and operated Cullen Cutter Lawn Service. He met and married his wife Joli in 1987, and they have three children;  Clifton , Caitlyn , and Crystal.  The whole family is involved in Choose Life Ministries, following God’s call to take the Sanctity of Human Life Message to the Nation and call America back to God.

Doug Cullen also has twin sons who are currently serving in the Navy and our stationed in Virginia Beach.  Conrad and Christopher ( February 15, 1982)

Please read personal testimonies below

Doug Cullen  (June 21)

I was raised in a Christian home with godly parents. We attended church every time the doors were open. I have always loved the fellowship of the body of believers. On June 8 , 1968, I made Jesus Christ my personal Lord and Savior.  Although there have been times in my life where I have forsaken Him, He has never left my side. I served the Lord faithfully from age 8 to age 16, and at age 16 I felt God calling me to preach.  I ran from that call for many years and that caused a strain in my relationship with my Savior. I no longer had a close walk of fellowship with Jesus. God is a God of reconciliation, and shortly after that difficult time in my life, He brought me back and my relationship with my Lord and Savior was reconciled.  I rededicated my life to the Lord and He began to work in my life in an amazing way. I felt His call upon my life again, but I was unsure of what He was calling me to do until 1993. God was transforming me in a powerful way. I was a “pro-choice” Christian.  Then I heard the testimony of Gianna Jessen, of how she was aborted but lived to tell about it. She said her sole purpose for God sparing her life was to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ.  God spoke to me through her testimony in a way I will never forget. He lead me to the scripture passage Revelation 3:5-6 and spoke to my heart, that He did not want me to be a “luke warm” Christian.  The years between 1993 until now have been a time of preparation, as He has called my family and I into the sanctity of human life ministry. God has shown me that the problems and issues that we face as a nation today can all be traced back to the loss of the sanctity of human life.

Joli Cullen (May 27)

I was born in Colorado and my parents were divorced when I was still a young child.  I lived with my mom and my brother in a townhouse in the suburbs. One day our next door neighbor invited my mom to church and we went. The pastor visited our home and I asked Jesus to be my savior at age 11.  I didn’t understand a whole lot and we rarely attended church after that, so I never really was discipled.  During the next few years, God’s hand of protection was on my life and I was spared from the troubles that teens usually face.  After I graduated high school, and was living in Key Largo, Florida, I rededicated my life to the Lord and desired to serve Him with my whole heart.  I met and married my husband Doug and God blessed us immediately with 3 children over the span of just 4 years.  God began to transform me and revealed to me His great love for me. Because He first loved me, I loved Him and surrendered to go wherever He desired me to go and do His will, and I surrendered my children to Him to work in their lives as He saw fit.

In 1993, God began to really move in my heart and the heart of my husband. A time of growth began. In 1995 I had a strong desire to leave Florida and move to Kentucky.  We thought that God was leading us to Western Kentucky, and in 1998 we packed up and moved there. It was a time of renewed relationships and forgiveness. As silver is made pure by the removal of all the dross and impurities, this was a time for God to remove the dross (impurities) in me, and He removed all that was entangling me so that I could press on toward the call that He had on my life. We had to be willing to go back down a road we had been before, and we moved back to Key Largo.

I began to fervently pray for my husband scripture the Lord led me to, Eph. 3:14-21 and Col. 1: 9-14. In 1999 Doug began to feel the direction of getting a bible education. Over the next two years, God continued to prepare us, and we knew in 2001 we were to go to Clear Creek and attend bible college there. Through the four years here we have learned so much and God has taught me to pray more, praise more and trust in Him alone for all our needs.

I know God has called us to go and share the message of the sanctity of human life, and to tell of His great love for all people, and that He has a plan for every life ever created.

We are now in our third year of Choose Life Ministries and God continues to greatly expand our territory and the ministry. The most amazing thing about the call God has placed on our lives is to daily see His hand move in every aspect of our lives and the ministry.  The first year was tough, but God provided for our every need in miraculous ways, more than I can write here.  Our second year we gave up our rental home to devote more time to travel and share in areas further away from our home base in Pineville, Kentucky. That year (June 2006- June 2007) we experienced the providential blessings of God as we always had a place to stay.  We only camped out a few times and God protected us and watched over us in ways we didn’t even realize until later.  Many times we arrived in an area after severe storms had passed through, or we left just before storms came through. Now here we are finishing up our third year of ministry and this past year we have felt such an urgency to spread the message to as many adults, youth and children as we can reach with the TRUTH. God has provided through a friend of the ministry David waton, Nature Coast Productions, to have a DVD presentation of the adult and children’s presentation.  We can now reach more people than ever before.  We hope to soon also have the youth presntation, and Praise the Lord, we have seen such a hunger for the truth of God’s weord in the youth across our Nation, and a desire to do something to make a difference. Many youth are fasting and praying, and one 19 year old girl in Colorado was successful in getting the signatures needed to get a personhood amendment ion the ballot protecting the unborn, Praise the Lord.

Cliff (December 24, 1988)

For the first two years of Choose Life Ministries existence I was the youth speaker/tech guy. I really enjoyed the traveling and the sharing of the truth. In May of 2006 I felt God’s call to attend Clear Creek Baptist Bible College the following year. I graduated from home schooling in March of 2007 and started my freshmen year at Clear Creek the following August. I feel that God wants me to attend the school for four years to get my Bachelor degree. Then, I’m not sure where God would have me go. As I  am writing this I have finished my first year at Clear Creek and I am traveling with CLM for the summer. I plan on continuing the summer traveling for the remainder of the time I am in school. I am excited to get to travel and speak to youth again. I have really missed it; it is so exciting to see the excitement of some youth groups and the fire they have for the truth. I hope that in my future ministry opportunities God will have me work with youth. But for now I know this is where God wants me to be.

Caitlyn (March 12,1990)

I accepted Christ as my Savior when I was 6 years old and my brother and I were baptized together in the ocean when I was 7. When I was 9 I attended a GA/Acteens camp in Leesburg, FL and while I was there I surrendered my life to missions. I felt like God was calling me to one day be a missionary in India. When I was 11 we moved to Clear Creek Baptist Bible College in Pineville, KY. While we were there I was able to take 2 sign language classes and go to 2 deaf camps, and it was then that I felt like God was calling me to be a missionary to the deaf. When I was about 13 or 14 I rededicated my life to God. In the Summer of 2005, when I was 15, my family felt like God was calling us to travel around the United States and share the Sanctity of Human Life in Churches and anywhere else we could. I really didn't want us to start Choose Life Ministries, because I didn't want to have to leave all my friends. As we traveled though I began to see that this was God's will, and even began to enjoy it. Its still hard though, not being able to be around friends a lot, and always having to keep moving, always packing and unpacking; but I've enjoyed going to new places, and meeting new people and getting closer to my family. I actually love traveling now- most of the time. In October of 2007, when I was 17, I got the opportunity to go on a mission trip to India with 7 other people. It was my first time ever traveling out of the United States, and I only personally knew one person who was going. It was really awesome to see how God provided the money for me to go, and how He was in it all. I had problems with getting my passport and visa and I didn't have them until 3 or 4 days before we left. Before this mission trip I had never spoken in front of people, never taught anything, and never even shared my testimony. While I was there I spoke twice, once on the sanctity of human life and the other time my testimony, in front of probably about 100 people the first time and 400 or so the second time, once with 2 interpreters. It was really an amazing trip and I'm glad I was able to go. While I was there God confirmed for me again that He was calling me to be a missionary in India. This Fall I start college at Tennessee Temple University down in Chattanooga. I will be majoring in sign language with a minor in missions, because I believe God is calling me to be a missionary to the deaf in India someday.

Crystal ( November 6, 1991)

Well I guess to start out I was saved when I was 7 years old.  I’ve gone to church all my life, I can’t remember a time in my life I didn’t go,  sun, rain, or snow……..we went.
I never really understood why we went to church, I mean, yeah I learned about God, but what I always looked forward to was seeing my friends, or having fun.  It was never about God , its always been about me, which it never should be about you. God should always be number 1 in your life. Nobody, and I mean nobody, should be above God. Hey now I’ll tell you the truth, He hasn’t always been first in my life. He actually hasn’t really been first very much at all, which is something I’ve been trying to work on.  One thing that I really enjoy doing is writing, I love it, writing poetry, book reports ( I know weird) but I like making stuff that’s boring, interesting to the reader.  So what I want to be when I grow up is a writer (unless God changes my mind, which I really hope He doesn’t). I don’t know when, or how its going to happen, but I know God will help me, and lead me through pursuing my dream.  One thing I really wanted to let all you out there reading this know is, God loves you and always will.   I know sometimes we teens feel like no one out there understands us, or loves us, but believe me when I say no matter what you go through in life, no matter who hurts you, or leaves you, God is always there, to grab your hand and put you in his arms, and tell you everything’s gonna be alright. Something I’ve always struggled with is feeling loved. I know there are so many out there that love me, and care for me, but I never really could let myself feel it. I guess I always thought love came from a boyfriend, or husband, but now I know that Gods love is the only love you need.  I do have the most amazing boyfriend right now, who I love, and hope to marry some day, but whatever happens I know God should be first in my life, He should and I hope will always be your number one, and mine. I know sometimes it seems God doesn’t hear you when you pray, and I felt that oh so many times, and its so hard when you pray and you pray, and it feels like no ones listening, but always remember He’s listening, He’s hearing every word you say. Sometimes you don’t always get an answer, or an answer you want, but its only because He knows what’s best for you, and wants what’s best for you.

I believe in the Sun even when its not shining
I believe in Love even when I don’t feel it
and I believe in GOD even when He is Silent