Dating Testimonies
20 stories of God's work from believers across 14 locations.
Romantic relationships before marriage
All 20 Testimonies
He Was Muslim, I Was Christian, and God Was in It
🇬🇧London, UK
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.
A Divine Intervention in St. Louis
October 2008•🇺🇸St. Louis, Missouri, United States
In 2008, 19-year-old Jackie Hill Perry experienced a powerful divine encounter in her St. Louis bedroom that transformed her life.
Fox News' Highly Reluctant Jesus Follower
2006•🇹🇼Taiwan / New York
Fox News contributor Kirsten Powers, a liberal pundit who despised evangelical Christianity, experienced a dramatic conversion after Jesus appeared to...
God's Hand in Our Love
2020•🇺🇸Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Titania Paige found love through God's guidance after years of unfulfilling relationships, leading to a Christ-centered marriage built on faith and prayer.
Elisabeth and Jim: A Divine Courtship
1948-1953•🇪🇨Chicago, Illinois, USA and Quito, Ecuador
Elisabeth Howard and Jim Elliot's five-year courtship from 1948-1953 was marked by waiting on God's timing despite mutual love.
Ruth and Boaz - A Love Story of Redemption
1100 BC•🇮🇱Bethlehem, Israel
Ruth, a Moabite widow who lost everything, chose faith over comfort and followed God to Israel. Her faithfulness placed her in the lineage of Jesus Christ.
Nick Vujicic: Love Without Limits
2010-2012•🇺🇸Dallas, Texas, United States
Nick Vujicic, born without arms or legs, met Kanae through a God-orchestrated encounter, fasting, and prayer — proving that love knows no physical limits.
Trillia and Thern Newbell: From Broken Engagement to Redeemed Love
early 2000s•🇺🇸United States
Trillia and Thern Newbell's toxic relationship was transformed when both separately came to Christ — turning two broken engagements into a redeemed love story.
From Hippie to Jesus Follower
1970s•🇺🇸Santa Barbara, California, United States
A young woman caught up in 1970s hippie culture found Jesus through the California Jesus Movement, trading drugs and free love for faith at a Santa...
Sadie Robertson: Surrendered, Then Surprised
2018-2019•🇺🇸United States
Sadie Robertson pledged not to date for six months. Less than 24 hours later, God introduced her to Christian Huff — the man she'd marry fourteen months later.
Jackie Hill Perry: How God Rewrote Her Love Story
2009-2014•🇺🇸St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Jackie Hill Perry surrendered her identity to God and discovered an unexpected love story with Preston Perry, built on poetry, prayer, and radical trust.
Lacey Sturm: God Surprised a Woman Who Chose Singleness
2006-2008•🇺🇸United States
Lacey Sturm, lead singer of Flyleaf, embraced singleness after relational trauma.
Joni Eareckson Tada and Ken: When God Wrote a Love Story No One Expected
1980-1982•🇺🇸California, United States
Joni Eareckson Tada, a quadriplegic since age 17, met Ken at church and discovered a love story built on faith, laughter, and defiance of every limitation...
Christine Caine: Scripture Confirmed What Her Heart Couldn't Decide
1996•🇦🇺Sydney, Australia
Christine Caine was content in singleness until Nick proposed. She asked God for clarity and received Deuteronomy 32:30 — confirming that together they...
Devin and Jasmine: Two Prophetic Words, One Love Story
2023•🇺🇸Peoria, Arizona, United States
Devin, who committed to celibacy after a violent childhood, and Jasmine, who walked away from her former identity, received simultaneous prophetic words...
Priscilla Shirer: The Progressive Revelation of a Prayed-For Husband
1999•🇺🇸Dallas, Texas, United States
Priscilla Shirer prayed specifically for a husband with certain character qualities.
Craig Groeschel: Two Years of Dating God Before Dating Amy
1989-1991•🇺🇸United States
Craig Groeschel traded two years of chasing women for 'date nights with God' — and God brought Amy, his first Christian relationship, into a partnership...
Heidi and Rolland Baker: When Two Callings Collide
1980•🇺🇸Dana Point, California, United States
Heidi Baker received a radical missionary calling at 16. When she met Rolland, they shared the same God-given vision.
Couple Met at Church Alpha Course — Both Attending to Prove Christianity Wrong
2022•🇬🇧Bristol, United Kingdom
A philosophy lecturer and a data scientist both attended Alpha to disprove Christianity. Both encountered God. Then they found each other.
Kira Fontana: Two Prophetic Visions, One Husband
2020•🇺🇸United States
Kira Fontana asked God to be her matchmaker. Two women independently had visions of the same man named Nic.
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“I shall remember the deeds of the Lord; surely I will remember Your wonders of old.”
— Psalm 77:11