About EWC
Mission
The mission of EWC is to provide hope and encouragement to everyone through the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Purpose
We teach the Bible as the inspired, perfect Word of God. Through various methods of Bible teaching and discipleship, EWC aims to support all those who want to grow in their personal relationship with God.
What We Believe
We believe in the Only Living and True God, existing in Three Persons—God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. God is omnipresent (present everywhere), omniscient (all-knowing), omnibenevolent (all-loving) and omnipotent (all-powerful).
We believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God, born of a virgin through the miraculous conception of the Holy Spirit, and came to earth as the promised Messiah of Israel. We believe Jesus is both fully God and fully man. We believe His sacrificial death on the cross provided the only means of salvation and forgiveness of sins for all who believe and receive it by grace through faith, and not by works. We believe His offer of salvation is extended to everyone. We believe He died, was buried, rose from the dead, and ascended into heaven. We believe He will come to reign physically on the earth again.
We believe the Bible is the inspired and perfect Word of God, from Genesis to Revelation. We believe the Bible is the only authority for life on earth and for faith in Jesus Christ.
Meet Courtney Silberman...
Courtney Silberman experienced God’s magnificent gift of salvation through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ at the age of thirty. Growing up, she attended church with her family, but was never taught how to receive God’s salvation through Jesus Christ or how to walk daily as a Christian through a personal relationship with Jesus. As a result of her weak faith, she stopped going to church for almost ten years. After being married for two years and settling with her husband in their home in the Richmond, Virginia area, Courtney felt the need to attend church again. Expecting their first child, she felt that her experience as a new mom meant she needed to re-establish her Christian religion and seek a church home.
She began attending a non-denominational evangelical church. This was the first church she attended where a personal relationship with Jesus Christ was emphasized rather than being a member of a religious organization. God was planting the seeds of truth in her heart while He allowed some challenging and painful circumstances into her life at the same time.
After their second child was born, Courtney began to struggle with the pressures of maintaining a demanding career in sales while caring for a toddler and a baby. The catalyst occurred immediately after she turned thirty when both her children experienced typical childhood sicknesses that lasted through the same months she was expected to travel for her job. She began to wonder if the lucrative salary she earned was worth all the frustrations and guilt she was feeling having to leave her small (and often sick) children at home. It was at this point in her life when she sought God for His guidance over her job situation. Through His guidance and direction, she left her sales career to be a stay-at-home mom. It was the first time she prayed and asked God to lead her in the direction He wanted, rather than asking Him to give her what she wanted. At that time she experienced God’s salvation and forgiveness of all her sins, receiving the gift and guidance of the Holy Spirit, and a burning desire to read and understand the truths of the Bible.
Through the opportunities of staying at home to care for her family, Courtney began spending her free time studying the Bible. She discovered how exciting it is to study God’s Word. After a year of being a stay-at-home-mom and realizing she wanted to go deeper in her understanding of theology, God provided the opportunity for her to attend seminary at Liberty University where she earned a master’s degree in Theological Studies.
Since 2012, Courtney has been the founder of EWC, a ministry dedicated to teaching the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, to anyone who wants to learn more about a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. She has a passion for sharing the love of God with others and to provide encouragement through the truths of Scripture. God has invited her to lead many Bible study groups, write study guides, and to share God's Word at local church events. She lives in the Richmond, Virginia area with her husband and two children.