A Rebel Transforms
Ruth Culbertson was born in 1959 in Charleston, South Carolina, the second of Peggy and Bob Culbertson’s four children. She grew up in Charlotte, where her parents were prominent community and Democratic party leaders. Mr. Culbertson served on the local school board during a difficult period of integration, and Mrs. Culbertson was the first female chair of the local planning commission.
Ruth had an independent streak that her parents fostered from a young age. After a few tumultuous teen years, she graduated one year early from West Charlotte High School and was accepted at UNC Chapel Hill. There she met Ken Samuelson while attending a Campus Crusade for Christ event.
Throughout college and the early years of their marriage, Ruth’s faith grew deeper, but it would take many years and a brush with death before she truly gave her life over to Christ.
Watch the videos below to see how this extraordinary transformation occurred.
