Ron & Susie

For Ron and Susie Roberson, Champion Forest is more than a church. It is home.

They have been members for nearly 32 years. They raised their family here. They served here. They built their lives here. And now they are watching their children and grandchildren grow in the same church that shaped their own faith.

But their story did not begin with abundance.

It began with trust.

Both Ron and Susie grew up in faithful Christian homes and came to know Jesus at a young age. When they married, they made a decision together that would shape every season of their life.

They would honor God first with what He gave them.

That decision was tested early.

In the mid-1980s, Houston went through a brutal economic downturn. Ron and Susie celebrated their first wedding anniversary with no jobs and no steady income. Rent was due. Bills were piling up. The numbers did not work.

But they kept tithing.

They kept trusting.

They kept putting God first even when it did not make sense on paper.

There were days when Ron rode the bus downtown looking for work. Days when he hung ceiling fans, landscaped yards, or picked up any job he could find just to bring home a little income. Days when Susie went to work while Ron searched for opportunities.

And every time they reached the end of what they had, God showed up.

“God’s economy always works,” Susie says. “You can’t afford not to tithe.”

What started as obedience became a testimony.

Over time, God not only provided. He multiplied. And their understanding of generosity grew with every season.

“We always felt like the tithe was the minimum,” Ron says. “Everything we have belongs to God anyway. We’re just stewards.”

As their family grew, so did their faith.

Their children watched their parents trust God through hard seasons. They saw God provide. They learned that generosity is not about comfort. It is about obedience.

Today, their children are faithful givers too.

That is the legacy Ron and Susie are most proud of.

Now, as they look toward the future of Champion Forest, they see the same opportunity in front of the next generation. They remember being young. They remember the financial pressure. They remember wondering how it would all work out.

And they want young families to know the same truth they learned.

God is faithful.

That is why they are all in on the NEXT Initiative.

When Ron and Susie came to Champion Forest in 1994, they benefited from the faithfulness of the generation before them. Others had sacrificed so a church could be built. Others had given so ministry could grow.

Now it is their turn.

“We’re standing on the shoulders of giants,” Ron says. “And we want to be that for the next generation.”

They believe NEXT is not just about buildings or expansion. It is about creating a church their grandchildren will one day call home. It is about investing in a future they may never fully see, but one they believe in with their whole hearts.

And they believe God is inviting every family into that story.

So here is the question Ron and Susie would ask you:

What would it look like for God to stretch your faith in this season?

What step of trust might He be inviting you to take?

What legacy do you want to leave for the next generation of Champion Forest?

Because generosity does not just change churches.

It changes families.

It changes futures.

And it multiplies faith.

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