All Testimonies

Showing 193โ€“216 of 1714 testimonies.

Modern

Bryan Stevenson and the Mercy That Rebuilt a Broken System

Montgomeryยท 1989

Bryan Stevenson founded the Equal Justice Initiative, freed wrongly convicted death row inmates, challenged child sentencing laws, and built America's...

Modern

How a Teenage Refugee Named Yusra Swam for Her Life and Then for the World

Aegean Sea / Berlinยท 2016

Syrian refugee Yusra Mardini swam for hours to save a sinking refugee boat, then competed on the first-ever Refugee Olympic Team at the 2016 Rio Games.

Modern

Gary Haugen and the Raid That Started International Justice Mission

Washington D.C.ยท 1997

After investigating the Rwandan genocide, Gary Haugen founded International Justice Mission in 1997, which has since helped rescue over 100,000 people from violence worldwide.

Historical

The Birmingham Children Who Changed America

Birminghamยท 1963

In May 1963, over a thousand Black schoolchildren marched in Birmingham, Alabama, facing fire hoses and police dogs, catalysing the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Modern

Mama Maggie and the Garbage City Children of Cairo

Cairoยท 1989

Mama Maggie Gobran left her career as a university professor to serve the Zabbaleen garbage collectors of Cairo, building schools and clinics serving over...

Historical

How Daniel Ellsberg Changed a War with a Photocopier

Washington D.C.ยท 1971

Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers in 1971, exposing two decades of government deception about the Vietnam War and reshaping press freedom in America.

Modern

The Innocence Project and the DNA Revolution in American Courts

New York Cityยท 1992

The Innocence Project, founded in 1992, used DNA evidence to exonerate over 375 wrongfully convicted people and transformed the American criminal justice system.

Modern

Christine Caine and the A21 Campaign Against Human Trafficking

Thessalonikiยท 2008

Christine Caine founded the A21 Campaign after seeing missing persons posters in a Greek airport, growing it into a global anti-trafficking organisation...

Modern

Anthony Ray Hinton and the 30 Years That Could Not Be Stolen

Birminghamยท 2015

Anthony Ray Hinton spent 30 years on Alabama death row for murders he did not commit before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned his conviction in 2015.

Modern

The Student Whose Religious Liberty Case Changed a University

United Statesยท 2024

A medical student challenged her university's discriminatory hijab policy through a religious liberty case, winning a ruling that changed the institution's approach to faith and professional dress codes.

Modern

The Pastor Who Went to Court for Feeding People

United Statesยท 2024

Fined for feeding homeless residents, a pastor fought the city and won โ€” but the real victory was that opposition multiplied the ministry from one church to seven, reaching five times more people.

Modern

How a Fact-Checker Investigated the Resurrection and Could Not Debunk It

Dublinยท 2020-2021

Dublin fact-checker Ryan Gallagher accepted a colleague's challenge to investigate the resurrection using his professional methodology. Three months of rigorous analysis could not debunk it, and a year of wrestling with the implications rewrote his entire framework for truth.

Modern

She Built a Social Media Empire, Then Tore It Down to Find What Was Real

Mumbaiยท 2022

Influencer Priya Mehta had ten million followers and zero peace. A desperate comment from a teenage girl forced her to confront the emptiness behind her curated life โ€” and a faith community in a Mumbai art gallery showed her what authenticity could look like.

Modern

The Doctor Who Walked into Ebola and Found Grace

Kenemaยท 2014

An infectious disease specialist from Johns Hopkins found faith in a Sierra Leone Ebola ward, singing "Amazing Grace" with a twelve-year-old patient and discovering that grace means being present when everything says leave.

Modern

The Gang Leader Who Became a Youth Worker

Tottenhamยท 2019

A former Tottenham gang leader was transformed through the patient service of a youth worker, then became one himself, finding faith and redemption by mentoring the next generation on the same estate.

Modern

The Prison Chaplain Who Was Set Free

Alabamaยท 2010

A veteran pastor became a prison chaplain expecting to teach, but was profoundly changed by inmates who taught him that grace is a presence you carry, not a concept you explain.

Modern

Kola Karim and the Pipeline of Generosity

Lagosยท 2000s-present

Nigerian energy entrepreneur Kola Karim channelled significant profits into community development from day one โ€” and built one of West Africa's most...

Historical

The Widow Who Fed Elijah

Zarephathยท 9th century BC

A widow in Zarephath gave her last handful of flour to the prophet Elijah โ€” and her jar of flour and jug of oil never ran empty for the entire duration of...

Historical

How Truett Cathy Built Chick-fil-A on a Closed Day

Atlantaยท 1967-2014

Truett Cathy closed every Chick-fil-A on Sundays despite losing 14% of potential revenue โ€” and built the highest-grossing fast-food chain per location in...

Historical

R.G. LeTourneau and the 90% Give

Longviewยท 1930s-1960s

R.G. LeTourneau, the industrial pioneer who supplied 70% of Allied WWII earthmoving equipment, gave away 90% of his income โ€” and became wealthier the more...

Historical

Daniel's 21-Day Fast: When the Answer Was Already in Motion

Babylon (modern Iraq)ยท 6th century BC

Daniel fasted for 21 days hearing nothing. On day 21, he learned the answer had been sent on day one but delayed by spiritual opposition.

Historical

Esther's Three-Day Fast: When a Queen Risked Everything

Susaยท 5th century BC

Facing the annihilation of her people, Queen Esther called a three-day communal fast before risking her life to approach the king.

Modern

He Was Muslim, I Was Christian, and God Was in It

Londonยท 2024

A Nigerian pastor's daughter and a devout Muslim man navigated faith differences, family rejection, and a year of honest prayer. Their interfaith marriage didn't produce a conversion story, but it revealed a God bigger than religious categories.

Historical

Mary Slessor: From a Scottish Jute Mill to Missionary in Nigeria

Dundeeยท 1870s

Mary Slessor was eleven years old, working twelve-hour shifts in a Scottish jute mill, when she overheard two older women talking about missionaries in...