Stuart Briscoe graduated from high school at the age of 17, and promptly embarked on a career in banking. At the same time, he started to preach. In 1959, he and his wife, Jill, a school teacher, left the business world to share in the ministry of the Torchbearers.
In 1970, Elmbrook Church in Brookfield, Wisconsin, asked Stuart to become pastor. The church has since grown to a weekly attendance of more than 7,000 and has planted eight sister churches in the Milwaukee area. Elmbrook's TV and radio ministries—Telling the Truth—featuring Stuart and Jill are broadcast widely while his extensive video and audio tapes and more then 40 books extend his ministry. After 30 years as senior pastor at Elmbrook Church, Stuart has stepped down and he and Jill have assumed the roles of Ministers-at-Large on Elmbrook's church staff.
