Over Time Testimonies
440 stories of God's work from believers across 346 locations.
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Faith in Silicon Valley
2021•🇺🇸Silicon Valley, California, USA
Silicon Valley executive Ken Eldred surrendered his career ambitions to God in a church parking lot, discovering how to integrate faith with business...
Martin Luther's Tower Revelation
1519•🇩🇪Wittenberg, Saxony, Germany
Martin Luther's life was transformed in 1519 when God revealed through Scripture that righteousness comes by faith, not works.
Forgiven by Christ After Guerrilla Past
🇨🇴Florencia, Caquetá, Colombia
Andrés, a former FARC commander in Colombia, experienced a life-changing encounter with Jesus during a reconciliation meeting in Caquetá. After surrendering to Christ, he now dedicates his life to helping others find forgiveness and purpose through faith.
From Sweden to 75 Nations - ICCC Expansion
1984-Present•Global
Swedish businessman J. Gunnar Olson's 1984 vision for Christian business ministry grew from one idea to a global movement spanning 75 nations without...
R.G. LeTourneau: God's Businessman
1900s•🇺🇸Portland, Oregon, United States
R.G. LeTourneau dropped out at 14 and was deep in debt until a 1905 Portland crusade. His pastor said 'God needs businessmen too.
Philip Bliss - Gospel Singer Went Home
1850•🇺🇸Pennsylvania, USA
Gospel songwriter Philip Bliss answered God's call to evangelism and wrote beloved hymns like 'It Is Well with My Soul' before dying at 38 in a train...
G.K. Chesterton's Journey to Faith
1922•🏴Kensington, London, England
G.K. Chesterton's intellectual journey from Unitarian upbringing through occult exploration to Roman Catholic conversion in 1922 London, demonstrating...
Faith Amidst the Jungle's Trials
1950s•🇪🇨Curaray River region, Ecuador
Jim Elliot and four missionaries were killed by the Huaorani people in Ecuador's jungle in 1956, but his widow Elisabeth returned to witness their...
Helen Keller: Light in Darkness
1900s•🇺🇸Tuscumbia, Alabama, United States
Helen Keller's testimony reveals how God brought light through darkness when she discovered faith despite being deaf and blind from infancy,...
From Islam to Christ: Nabeel's Journey
2001-2017•🇺🇸San Diego, California, USA
Nabeel Qureshi's powerful journey from devout Muslim to Christian through friendship, investigation, and divine dreams in San Diego (2001-2017).
Miraculous Transformation in Almolonga
1970s•🇬🇹Almolonga, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
In 1970s Guatemala, Pastor Mariano Riscajche's prayers transformed the entire town of Almolonga from poverty and crime to prosperity and peace.
From Atheist to Believer
2000s•🇺🇸Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Renowned scientist Francis Collins transformed from atheist to Christian after encountering faithful patients during medical school and reading C.S.
From Tragedy to Triumph: Joni's Journey
1967•🇺🇸Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Joni Eareckson Tada's diving accident at 17 left her quadriplegic, but through deep suffering and questioning, she discovered God's purpose in her pain...
A.W. Tozer: A Life Redirected
1897-1963•🇺🇸Akron, Ohio, USA
A.W. Tozer's life was transformed from skepticism to deep faith after hearing a street preacher in 1914 Ohio, leading him to become one of Christianity's most influential authors and pastors.
Revival in East Africa
1930s•🇺🇬Gahini, Eastern Province, Rwanda and Kabale, Western Region, Uganda
The East Africa Revival of the 1930s transformed spiritual life across Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, and Tanganyika through powerful prayer, confession, and...
From Tuberculosis to Global Ministry
14 Feb 1936 - 14 Sep 2021•🇰🇷Seoul, South Korea
Korean teenager Yonggi Cho was miraculously healed from terminal tuberculosis after praying to Jesus, leading him to found one of the world's largest...
A Mother's Faithful Prayer: Saint Monica
386 AD•🏛️Thagaste / Milan, Roman Empire
Saint Monica prayed faithfully for 17 years for her wayward son Augustine's conversion. A bishop told her that the son of so many tears could not perish.
Derek Carr
2025•🇺🇸Fresno, California, USA
NFL quarterback Derek Carr's testimony of returning to faith after drifting away during college, sparked by his future wife's challenging letter and...
John Piper's Lifelong Calling
2023•🇺🇸Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
John Piper's life testifies to God's transformative power, beginning with his early conversion and leading to a lifelong ministry. Known for his concept of 'Christian Hedonism,' Piper's journey emphasizes finding joy in God, shaping countless lives through his teachings and writings.
Faith Beyond Limbs
2023•🇦🇺Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Nick Vujicic, born without arms and legs in Australia, overcame suicide attempts and depression by finding faith in Jesus at 15, becoming a global...
Heidi Baker's Miraculous Mission
1990s-present•🇲🇿Maputo, Mozambique
Heidi Baker's mission to Mozambique's street children led to miraculous healings, food multiplication, and thousands fed daily through radical faith and...
Forgiveness and Healing After Cartel Tragedy
2025•🇲🇽Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico
Maria from Ciudad Juárez lost her husband to cartel violence but found healing and forgiveness through Jesus. Her journey from grief to peace highlights the transformative power of faith and forgiveness.
Vonette Bright's Transformative Faith
1926-2015•🇺🇸Coweta, Oklahoma, USA
Vonette Bright overcame college-era faith doubts through a transformative prayer encounter, leading her to co-found Campus Crusade for Christ and...
From Hamas to Jesus
2000s•🇵🇸Ramallah, West Bank, Palestine
Mosab Hassan Yousef, son of a Hamas founder, transformed from terrorist to Christian after encountering Jesus's teachings in prison, ultimately risking...
From Slave Trader to Abolitionist
1740s-1780s•🏴Olney, Buckinghamshire, England
John Newton's dramatic transformation from slave ship captain to hymn writer and abolitionist shows God's power to completely change a life through crisis and faith.
Transforming Campuses Worldwide
1940s-2000s•🇺🇸Los Angeles, California, United States
Bill Bright's transformation from disinterested businessman to global ministry leader shows how God can redirect an entire life for His purposes.
How a Fact-Checker Investigated the Resurrection and Could Not Debunk It
2020-2021•🇮🇪Dublin, Ireland
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.
The Innocence Project and the DNA Revolution in American Courts
1992•🇺🇸New York City, USA
The Innocence Project, founded in 1992, used DNA evidence to exonerate over 375 wrongfully convicted people and transformed the American criminal justice system.
C.S. Lewis: From Atheism to Faith
1929-1931•🇮🇪Belfast, Ireland
C.S. Lewis transformed from a bitter atheist to one of Christianity's most influential voices after conversations with J.R.R. Tolkien at Oxford.
Demos Shakarian's Visionary Journey
1950s•🇺🇸Los Angeles, California, USA
Armenian immigrant Demos Shakarian experienced divine healing at 13, then built America's largest private dairy and founded Full Gospel Business Men's...
Thomas More: King's Good Servant, But
1535•🏴London, England
Sir Thomas More, England's Lord Chancellor, chose martyrdom over compromising his faith when King Henry VIII demanded he recognize royal supremacy over...
John Wanamaker
1860s-1922•🇺🇸Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
John Wanamaker revolutionized retail in Philadelphia while demonstrating how Christian faith can transform business practices, establishing fair pricing...
Dostoevsky's Transformation in Siberia
1850s•🇷🇺Omsk, Siberia, Russia
Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky experienced profound spiritual transformation during four years of hard labor in Siberian prison, where only the New...
Joe Gibbs: From Gridiron Glory to God's
1970s
NFL coach Joe Gibbs found true victory when financial ruin and family crises led him to rededicate his life to God at age 32, transforming his focus...
Truett Cathy's Faith-Driven Legacy
1921-2014•🇺🇸Eatonton, Georgia, United States
Truett Cathy overcame cancer and business tragedy through faith, building Chick-fil-A on Christian principles including closing Sundays for worship and...
Aabrielle's Journey to Hope
2023•Loma Linda University Health
Aabrielle overcame severe depression and suicidal thoughts through faith-based healing at Loma Linda University Health's program, finding hope and...
William Booth: From Pawnshop to Salvation
1850s•🏴Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
From poverty to purpose, William Booth's 1840s conversion in Nottingham transformed him from a pawnbroker's apprentice into founder of The Salvation...
The Elephant That Remembered Kindness
2022•🇿🇦KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
A South African veterinarian who treated a young elephant's infected wound was recognised by the same elephant twelve years later, when she broke from her herd to gently touch his face.
Faith and Fashion: Do Won Chang's Journey
2010•🇺🇸Los Angeles, California, United States
Korean immigrant Do Won Chang built Forever 21 from $11,000 after his wife received divine guidance through prayer on a mountain.
From Homelessness to Hope
2020s•🇬🇧Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Rob Wery's life transformed from drugs, prison, and homelessness to faith, family, and stability through a Christian community in Wales that provided...
The Prison Chaplain Who Was Set Free
2010•🇺🇸Alabama, United States
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.
Rebecca St. James: A Child's Faithful Journey
1985•🇦🇺Sydney, Australia
Rebecca St. James' family faced financial hardship after moving to Nashville, but God provided through community support and prayer, leading to her...
Hudson Taylor's Faithful Journey
1865•🇨🇳Brighton, England / China
Hudson Taylor received a divine vision on Brighton Beach in 1865 that led him to found the China Inland Mission, bringing thousands to faith despite...
John Wesley and George Whitefield: Friends Who Fought and Forgave
1740s•🏴England
John Wesley and George Whitefield, two of the most influential preachers in history, maintained a deep friendship despite a public theological split that...
Mandisa's Journey to Light
2010s•🇺🇸Franklin, Tennessee, United States
American Idol contestant Mandisa overcame severe depression and suicidal thoughts after losing her friend to cancer, finding healing through God's love,...
Denzel Washington's Faith Journey
Dec 2024•🇺🇸Mount Vernon, New York, USA
Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington's powerful faith journey from spiritual struggle to 2024 baptism, showing God's transformative work over...
Mary McLeod Bethune's Faithful Journey
1904•🇺🇸Mayesville, South Carolina, USA
Mary McLeod Bethune founded a school with $1.50, trusting God's direction after her missionary dreams were redirected.
Rachel Saint's Journey of Faith
1950s-1990s•🇪🇨Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador and Toñampare, Ecuador
Rachel Saint's extraordinary faith journey through tragedy to triumph among Ecuador's Waorani tribe, where God transformed a violent people into...
Lottie Moon's Unyielding Devotion
1873-1912•🇨🇳Tengchow, Shandong Province, China
Rebellious skeptic Lottie Moon encountered Jesus at an 1859 revival. She arrived in China in 1873 and dedicated nearly 40 years to missionary work despite...
Mary Slessor's Divine Mission
1910s•🇳🇬Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria
Scottish missionary Mary Slessor answered God's call to Nigeria, where she saved twins from cultural death sentences, established schools and churches,...
Lecrae's Journey to Faith
2020•🇺🇸Houston, Texas, USA
Grammy-winning hip-hop artist Lecrae grew up fatherless in Houston. At 19, a Bible study and surviving a car accident led him to surrender his life to Christ.
From Warlord to Witness: Cakobau's Conversion
30 Apr 1854•Bau, Fiji
Ratu Cakobau, a feared Fijian warlord known for cannibalism, experienced a dramatic conversion to Christianity in 1854 that transformed not only his...
From Atheism to Catholic Faith
2010s•🇺🇸Houston, Texas, USA
Former atheist Holly Ordway found faith through Christian literature like C.S. Lewis and Tolkien, leading to her conversion and eventual reception into...
Finding Peace in God's Rest
1875•🇺🇸Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Hannah Whitall Smith, a prominent Quaker from Philadelphia, discovered spiritual peace by letting Christ live through her rather than striving for...
Finding God Through Scripture
2023•🇺🇸Tennessee, USA
Tara-Leigh Cobble discovered God's character through reading Scripture with new eyes, transforming her faith from secondhand knowledge into deep love.
Chains of Faith: Richard Wurmbrand's
1948-1964•🇷🇴Romania
Richard Wurmbrand endured 14 years in Communist Romanian prisons for his Christian faith, finding Christ's presence in solitary confinement and emerging...
Faith in Business: David Green's Story
1985•🇺🇸Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
David Green, Hobby Lobby founder, discovered his business was his ministry when God provided through a devastating 1985 financial crisis and later...
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.
Desmond Tutu's Faithful Fight
1931-2021•🇿🇦Klerksdorp, Transvaal, South Africa
Desmond Tutu's journey from apartheid South Africa to Nobel Peace Prize winner shows how deep faith in God's justice can transform oppression into...
Stephen Curry
2020s•🇺🇸Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
NBA star Stephen Curry's faith testimony shows how childhood faith in Christ shaped his basketball career and leadership, overcoming setbacks through...
Sarah Edwards - Two Weeks of Heavenly Rapture
1742-01-20•🇺🇸Northampton, Massachusetts, USA
Sarah Edwards experienced two weeks of intense spiritual encounters during the Great Awakening in 1742 Massachusetts, with overwhelming divine presence...
C.S. Lewis: Reluctant to Redeemed
1929•🏴Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
C.S. Lewis transformed from Oxford atheist to influential Christian author after experiencing God's presence in 1929. Through conversations with J.R.R.
Faith Over Finances: A Business Transformed
Dec 2013•🇦🇺Australia
Australian businessman David Tensen found peace and purpose through faith after losing everything in bankruptcy. He surrendered his business to God in 2013.
Genocide Survivor Forgave Her Torturer — Now They Serve Together
2010•🇰🇭Phnom Penh, Cambodia
A Cambodian genocide survivor forgave the Khmer Rouge guard who tortured her — they now serve together at a memorial, telling their story side by side.
Zig Ziglar's Life-Changing Commitment
4 Jul 1972•🇺🇸Mississippi, USA
Motivational speaker Zig Ziglar's stagnant career transformed after accepting Christ at age 45. For the next 34 years, opportunities came to him.
Fire Over the Favelas
1950s-present•🇧🇷Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
How God transformed Brazil's slums through the Pentecostal movement, giving dignity and voice to the poor from the 1950s onward, growing from thousands...
Darren Wilson: The Film Professor Who Went Looking for Proof
2007•🇺🇸Filmed globally: Mozambique, Brazil, USA
Darren Wilson was a sceptic film professor who set out to document charismatic Christianity on camera. The footage defied his assumptions.
Dayuma: A Beacon of Peace
1930s-2014•🇪🇨Puyo, Pastaza, Ecuador
Dayuma Caento fled her violent Huaorani tribe in Ecuador after her father's murder, found faith through missionaries, and returned to transform her...
Erwin McManus: Crafting Faith and Creativity
1990s-present•🇺🇸Los Angeles, California, USA
Pastor Erwin McManus discovered his calling through urban ministry in Dallas, then built Mosaic church in Los Angeles into a global movement that...
From Algeria to Jesus
2025•🇩🇿France and Algeria
Djamel's journey from Islam to Christianity in France and Algeria shows God's transformative power across religious boundaries, sustained through...
From Atheism to Faith Through Sight
2023•🇺🇸Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Chinese physicist Dr. Ming Wang found faith in God through studying the complexity of the human eye at Harvard, leading him from atheism to Christianity...
Purpose Beyond Limbs
2023•🇦🇺Melbourne, Australia
Nick Vujicic, born without limbs in Australia in 1982, nearly ended his life at age 10. Reading John 9 at 15 transformed his purpose.
Water Fast: Journey to Healing and Breakthroughs
2022-2024•🇺🇸Texas, United States
Christine, an ordained minister, completed three 21-day water fasts between 2022-2024, first for her own trauma healing, then praying for her backsliding husband's salvation. Despite facing financial hardships during the process, her husband Jose gave his life to Christ on February 25, 2024, and they now serve in ministry together.
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...
From Slave Ship to First African Bishop
1821-1891•🇳🇬Nigeria and Sierra Leone, West Africa
A boy captured into slavery and bound for the Americas became the first African Anglican bishop. He later reunited with and baptized his own mother.
A Journey Through Doubt to Faith
2023•Biola University
Sean McDowell's journey from intellectual doubt to renewed faith at Biola University, supported by his father Josh McDowell's encouragement to seek...
Wart Disappearing
04 Jun 2017•🇿🇦Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
A woman in South Africa experienced supernatural healing when her wart dramatically reduced overnight after speaking 'grace, grace' to it, following...
Monica: Mother Whose Prayers Conquered
🇩🇿Thagaste, North Africa (modern Algeria)
Monica of Thagaste prayed for 17 years for her pagan husband and wayward son Augustine. Both eventually came to faith through her patient witness.
From Argentina to Global Evangelist
1934-2021•🇦🇷Maschwitz, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Luis Palau's journey from losing his father at age 10 in Argentina to becoming a world-renowned evangelist shows how God transforms childhood pain into...
David Green's Faithful Business Journey
2023•🇺🇸Altus, Oklahoma, USA
David Green overcame feeling like a 'second class Christian' to build Hobby Lobby into an $8 billion company, discovering God's calling in business...
Faith Unbroken in Captivity
1948-1967•🇷🇴Bucharest, Romania
Romanian pastor Richard Wurmbrand endured 14 years of communist imprisonment and torture, maintaining unshakeable faith and love for his persecutors.
Faith and Sexuality United
2020s•🇱🇰Colombo, Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan doctor Patricia Weerakoon integrated her Christian faith with her career as a sexologist, showing how God's design for sexuality is both...
Forgiveness Amidst Unimaginable Loss
1994•🇷🇼Kigali, Rwanda
During the 1994 Rwandan genocide, Catholic Immaculée Ilibagiza found miraculous strength to forgive her family's killers through prayer and Scripture,...
The Reluctant Convert's Awakening
1931•Oxford
C.S. Lewis, Oxford professor and staunch atheist, found his way to faith through literature and deep questions about morality.
Soren Kierkegaard: The Leap of Faith
1838•🇩🇰Copenhagen, Denmark
Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard experienced profound spiritual transformation in 1838, moving from doubt to faith through what he called an...
David Livingstone: A Mission of Faith
19 Mar 1813•🇬🇧Blantyre, Scotland, United Kingdom
Scottish missionary David Livingstone's unwavering faith led him from cotton mill worker to legendary African explorer, using his travels to combat...
The Reluctant Convert's Journey
1930s•🏴Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
C.S. Lewis transformed from convinced atheist to influential Christian apologist through intellectual wrestling and friendships at Oxford.
God Loves the Poor
1968-2024•🇵🇪Lima, Peru
Peruvian priest Gustavo Gutierrez developed liberation theology after serving Lima's poorest neighborhoods, showing how God's love transforms both...
Candace Cameron Bure: Transformed by Faith
2023•🇺🇸Los Angeles, California, USA
Full House star Candace Cameron Bure shares how motherhood awakened her to her need for Jesus, transforming her from surface-level faith to deep...
He Found God Between the Potato Peels
1660s-1691•🇫🇷Paris, France
Brother Lawrence, a 17th-century kitchen worker in a Paris monastery, discovered that peeling potatoes and scrubbing pots could be as sacred as any...
Paavo Ruotsalainen: Finland's Faith Awakener
1852•🇫🇮Tölvänniemi, Finland
Paavo Ruotsalainen overcame spiritual turmoil in 18th-century Finland through a transformative encounter with grace, becoming a powerful revivalist who...
John Chrysostom: Golden Mouth Forged in
🇸🇾Antioch, Syria (modern Turkey)
The greatest preacher in Eastern Christianity spent six years in desert silence before God transformed him into the eloquent 'Golden Mouth' who...
Augustine of Hippo: Take and Read
🇮🇹Milan, Italy
Augustine of Hippo's dramatic conversion in 4th century Milan when a child's voice led him to read Scripture that instantly freed him from years of...
Forgiveness Among the Waorani
1950s•🇪🇨Ecuador
Elisabeth Elliot chose to forgive and live among the Waorani tribe who killed her missionary husband in Ecuador, leading to their transformation and...
The Most Reluctant Convert at Oxford
1931•🏴Oxford, England
C.S. Lewis, a committed atheist and Oxford don, was gradually drawn to faith through late-night conversations with fellow academics like Tolkien.
22 Years Without a Bible
1958-1979•🇨🇳China (Beijing)
Chinese pastor Allen Yuan spent 22 years in prison without a Bible, enduring hard labor and persecution for refusing to join state-controlled church.
Darlene Zschech - From Performer to
1978•🇦🇺Australia
Australian singer Darlene Zschech transformed from a child performer to worship leader, writing 'Shout to the Lord' during a difficult season and later...
T.S. Eliot: The Hollow Man Made Whole
1927•🏴England
Nobel Prize-winning poet T.S. Eliot found faith in Christ at age 38, transforming from writing about spiritual emptiness to celebrating God's redemption...
Jesus Christ Is Coming Alive in Me
1977•🇵🇷Puerto Rico
Legendary boxer George Foreman had a dramatic encounter with Jesus in his dressing room after a 1977 fight, leading to complete spiritual transformation...
Choosing Hope Amidst Cancer
2004•🇺🇸Los Angeles, California, United States
Holly Wagner, co-pastor in Los Angeles, chose faith over fear during her 2004 breast cancer diagnosis. She listened to healing scriptures daily as medicine.
Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus
Mid 2000s•Virginia
Nabeel Qureshi, raised as a devout Pakistani Muslim, converted to Christianity after years of research and supernatural dreams revealed Jesus as God,...
Tortured for His Faith
1948-1961•Bulgaria
Bulgarian pastor Haralan Popov endured 13 years of torture in Communist prisons, finding God's grace sufficient in his darkest moments and continuing to...
Something Other Than God
Easter 2007•🇺🇸Austin, Texas
Atheist Jennifer Fulwiler challenged Christianity to prove it wrong, but rigorous study led her to discover Catholic truth.
A Blood-Washed Africa
2000•🇳🇬Lagos, Nigeria
German evangelist Reinhard Bonnke's 2000 Lagos crusade drew 1.6 million people in one night, with over 1 million decisions for Christ and miraculous...
John Donne: From Rake to Dean
1615•🏴England
John Donne transformed from notorious libertine poet to Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral, proving no past is beyond God's redemption.
From Atheism to Faith: A Scientist's Journey
1990s•🇺🇸Cascade Mountains, United States
Renowned geneticist Francis Collins transformed from a self-described 'obnoxious atheist' to devoted Christian through patient encounters, intellectual...
From Ashes to Beauty
1976•🇺🇸St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Joyce Meyer overcame severe childhood abuse through God's healing power, experiencing His 'liquid love' in 1976. She later baptized her repentant father.
Redemption Behind Bars: Michael's Story
2023•🇺🇸Hamilton, Alabama, USA
Michael Hosea found faith and transformation while serving a life sentence in Alabama prison since 1994. God's forgiveness brought him comfort and hope.
Rene Girard: Anthropologist Found the Gospel
1970s•🇫🇷France/USA
French anthropologist René Girard's scholarly research into human violence led him to discover the unique truth of the Gospels, bringing him back to...
Faith Fuels Industry Innovation
1970s-2010s•🇺🇸Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Father and son Michael Cardone Sr. and Jr. built the world's largest private automotive remanufacturer from a Philadelphia storefront, guided by faith...
From Fame to Faith
2006•🇺🇸Los Angeles, California, USA
Former MLB star Darryl Strawberry overcame severe addiction and found redemption through faith in Jesus Christ, transforming from broken athlete to...
From Grocery Clerk to NFL Glory
1990s-2010s•🇺🇸Cedar Falls, Iowa, USA
NFL quarterback Kurt Warner went from stocking grocery shelves for $5.50/hour to Super Bowl MVP, crediting his deepened Christian faith and God's...
A Shelter in Switzerland
1950s•🇨🇭Huémoz, Vaud, Switzerland
Francis Schaeffer's journey from agnosticism to faith through Bible study led to founding L'Abri Fellowship in Switzerland, a refuge where intellectual...
Joni Eareckson Tada: Diving Accident to Worldwide Ministry
1967•🇺🇸Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, USA
After a diving accident left 17-year-old Joni Eareckson Tada paralyzed, she found renewed purpose through Scripture and transformed her suffering into...
From Supermodel to Faithful Follower
2023•🇫🇷Paris, Île-de-France, France
Supermodel Kathy Ireland found faith through reading the Bible alone in Paris, transforming from self-reliant teen to devoted follower who built her...
Henry Crowell
1850s•🇺🇸Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Henry Crowell overcame tuberculosis and built Quaker Oats empire after promising God he'd give generously if blessed with wealth, donating 60-70% of...
Irenaeus of Lyon: Living Link to the Apostles
🇫🇷Smyrna / Lyon (modern Turkey / France)
Irenaeus of Lyon preserved apostolic faith through a living chain of discipleship from Jesus to John to Polycarp to himself, becoming a bishop who...
From Prison to Purpose
2025•🇺🇸Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Christopher Yuan's powerful journey from drug dealing and prison to becoming a Bible professor shows God's redemptive grace.
From Cricket Star to Missionary
1880s-1931•🏴Spratton, Northamptonshire, England
Famous cricket star C.T. Studd abandoned his successful sports career and fortune to become a missionary after recommitting his life to Christ during a...
Regeneration of a Thyroid Gland
1 Jan 2025
Australian woman's thyroid grows back 14 years after cancer removal. Half of her thyroid regenerated after attending a healing conference, allowing...
William Colgate Tithed from His First Dollar and Built a Global Brand
1804-1857•🇺🇸New York, USA
William Colgate tithed from his very first dollar in 1804, increased his giving to 30% as his company grew, and built what became the Colgate-Palmolive...
The Gulag Archipelago
1950s•🇷🇺Russia/Soviet Union
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn found faith in God while imprisoned in Soviet labor camps, transforming from atheist to Christian through suffering and...
Lee Strobel's Journey from Atheism to Faith
November 1981•🇺🇸Chicago, Illinois, USA
Chicago Tribune journalist Lee Strobel set out to disprove Christianity to counter his wife's faith, but his two-year investigation into Jesus'...
John Milton: Paradise Found Through Blindness
1660s•🏴England
Blind English poet John Milton lost his sight, political cause, and nearly his life, yet through faith created Paradise Lost, the greatest religious...
Faith Transformed Her Classroom
2018•🇬🇳Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Janet Kues experienced God's transformation when she moved from public to Christian education in Papua New Guinea, finding her faith renewed her health...
Gerard Manley Hopkins: The Priest-Poet
1866•🏴England/Ireland
Victorian priest Gerard Manley Hopkins burned his poetry believing art conflicted with faith, but God wouldn't let him stay silent.
Evelyn Waugh: Satirist Found the Church
1930•🏴England
Brilliant satirist Evelyn Waugh shocked literary England by converting to Catholicism in 1930. His conversion would shape his life and greatest work.
Jacques and Raissa Maritain
1906•🇫🇷France
Two French philosophy students Jacques and Raissa Maritain made a suicide pact but found life-changing Catholic faith instead through Leon Bloy.
The Man in Black Walks Back to Christ
1972•🇺🇸Tennessee, United States
Country music legend Johnny Cash shares how God rescued him from drug addiction and despair in a Tennessee cave, leading to his recommitment to Christ...
Helena: The Empress Who Found the True Cross
✝️Jerusalem, Holy Land
Roman Empress Helena found faith in Christ in her sixties, then traveled to Jerusalem where she discovered the True Cross and built churches, proving...
Makoto Fujimura: An Artistic Awakening
1980s•🇯🇵Tokyo, Japan
Renowned artist Makoto Fujimura found Christ through William Blake's poetry while studying in Tokyo, transforming his creative emptiness into purpose as...
Anthony the Great: The Voice in the Church
270•🇪🇬Koma, Egypt
A wealthy young Egyptian heard God's voice through Scripture and obeyed radically, becoming Anthony the Great, the Father of All Monks who launched the...
Monica of Hippo - Mother Never Stopped
386 AD•🇮🇹Milan, Italy
Monica prayed for her rebellious son Augustine for 17 years as he lived in sin. Her persistence produced one of history's greatest Christian thinkers.
Bobby Bowden's Faithful Legacy
1953
Legendary football coach Bobby Bowden's testimony of divine healing from rheumatic fever at age 13, leading to a lifelong ministry through sports at...
Breakthrough Through the Daniel Fast
2020s•🇺🇸United States
A modern testimony of the Daniel Fast reveals spiritual and physical transformation, as one individual experienced clarity and guidance through prayer.
John Newton - The Slave Trader Who Wrote Amazing Grace
1748-1807•🇬🇧England, United Kingdom
Former slave ship captain John Newton experienced God's mercy during a violent storm in 1748, leading to his conversion and transformation into the...
From Romance to Redemption
1986•🇺🇸Northern California, USA
Romance novelist Francine Rivers' marriage was failing until a child's church invitation led to spiritual transformation.
From Son of Sam to Son of Hope
1987•New York
Serial killer David Berkowitz found faith in Christ while serving life sentences. He now asks to be called the Son of Hope instead of Son of Sam.
John Bunyan's Journey to Grace
1670s•🏴Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
John Bunyan transformed from a cursing, blaspheming tinker into the beloved author of Pilgrim's Progress through God's grace.
Pandita Ramabai: A Life Transformed
1850s•🇮🇳Kedgaon, Maharashtra, India
Pandita Ramabai, a 19th-century Indian scholar, found Christ after personal tragedy and transformed thousands of lives through her missions for widows...
Frederick Douglass
1845-1892•🇺🇸Rochester, New York, USA
Born into slavery in 1818, Frederick Douglass found faith through a Methodist minister's preaching, leading to his escape and transformation into a...
Forgiveness and New Purpose
1982•🇬🇧Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Simon Weston, severely burned in the 1982 Falklands War, found healing through faith and forgiveness, even befriending the Argentine pilot who bombed his ship.
Anthony Ray Hinton and the 30 Years That Could Not Be Stolen
2015•🇺🇸Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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.
A New Wind in Brooklyn
1997•🇺🇸Brooklyn, New York, United States
God transformed a failing 20-member Brooklyn church into a thriving ministry through prayer. Jim Cymbala led the Brooklyn Tabernacle's remarkable growth.
Susanna Wesley - Mother of Methodism
1740•🏴London, England
Susanna Wesley, mother of Methodism's founders, struggled with spiritual assurance for decades despite deep religious devotion.
Lottie Moon
1870s-1912•🇨🇳Tengchow, Shandong, China
Lottie Moon transformed from a rebellious Baptist into one of history's most dedicated missionaries to China. She arrived in Tengchow in October 1873.
Sojourner's Journey with Jesus
1850s•🇺🇸Swartekill, New York, USA
Former slave Sojourner Truth's powerful testimony of how God called her to freedom and transformed her into a fearless preacher and advocate for justice...
A Life Transformed by Gratitude
2010•🇨🇦North Perth, Ontario, Canada
Ann Voskamp transformed from childhood trauma and anxiety into joy through practicing gratitude, discovering God's goodness in ordinary moments and...
Patrick of Ireland
🇮🇪Ireland
Patrick of Ireland was captured as a slave at 16, found deep faith through six years of suffering, then returned as a missionary to free his captors...
Peace Child: A Tribe Transformed
1962•🇬🇳Sawi Territory, Papua New Guinea
Canadian missionary Don Richardson transforms a cannibalistic tribe in Papua New Guinea by connecting their 'peace child' tradition to the Gospel of...
From Abuse to Redemption
2020•🇺🇸Greenville, Texas, USA
Bart Millard of MercyMe witnessed his abusive father transform through faith in Jesus, leading to reconciliation and inspiring the hit song 'I Can Only...
John Hyde: The Power of Prayer
1912•🇮🇳Sialkot, Punjab, India
John Hyde, known as 'Praying Hyde,' transformed from a discouraged missionary in India to a powerful intercessor whose fervent prayers sparked revival...
From Grocery Shelves to NFL Glory
1990s-2000s•🇺🇸Cedar Falls, Iowa, USA
Kurt Warner's journey from stocking grocery shelves to NFL Super Bowl champion shows how God transforms lives through faith and perseverance during...
From Fear to Faith: A Tribal Transformation
1982•🇬🇳Bisorio Village, Papua New Guinea
The Bisorio tribe in Papua New Guinea transformed from fear and tribal warfare to faith and peace when missionaries shared the Gospel in their language...
Faith Transforms Papua New Guinea Tribe
2010s•🇬🇳Wilipa, Papua New Guinea
YWAM missionaries brought the gospel to the violent Bisorio tribe in Papua New Guinea, transforming former warriors into peacemakers through Bible...
Andrew Murray's Spiritual Awakening
Nov 1845•🇿🇦Graaff Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Andrew Murray's spiritual transformation from career-driven ministry student to passionate South African revival leader shows how God can turn religious...
A Businessman Called to Nations
1997-2023•🇸🇪Sweden / Benin / Burundi
Swedish businessman J. Gunnar Olson became a Roving Ambassador to presidents and kings through surrendering his business to God's purposes, serving as...
Reinhard Bonnke's Vision: Africa Saved
1940s-2000s•🇩🇪Königsberg, East Prussia, Germany; Various locations across Africa
German missionary Reinhard Bonnke received a divine vision of 'Africa Shall Be Saved' and witnessed millions come to faith through massive evangelistic...
Russell Wilson's Journey of Faith
2023•🇺🇸Seattle, Washington, USA
NFL quarterback Russell Wilson shares how God guided his career through prophetic dreams, sustained him through his father's death, and helped him...
Imprisoned Yet Free
2016-2018•🇹🇷Turkey
Pastor Andrew Brunson was falsely imprisoned in Turkey for two years but experienced God's faithfulness through persecution.
Denver Moore: From Homeless to Heaven-Sent
1998•🇺🇸Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Denver Moore's powerful transformation from homelessness to hope in Fort Worth, Texas through divine friendship and God's love in 1998.
Roma Downey's Journey of Faith
2023•🇬🇧Derry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Roma Downey found strength through faith after losing her mother at age 10 in Northern Ireland, eventually becoming an actress who shared God's love...
Faith in the Deepest Valley
2022•🇺🇸Franklin, Tennessee, USA
TobyMac found God's presence in his deepest grief after losing his son Truett to an accidental overdose, discovering how faith becomes a lifeline...
A Legal Scholar's Faith Journey
1846•🇺🇸Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Harvard Law professor Simon Greenleaf investigated Christianity's claims using legal evidence principles, leading him from skepticism to faith.
Anne Rice's Return to Faith
2010•🇺🇸New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Anne Rice, famous vampire novelist, returned to Catholic faith after decades as an atheist, experiencing God's overwhelming love and finding new purpose...
From Bulimia to Freedom in Christ
2020•🇺🇸Unknown, United States
Debi Johnson found freedom from bulimia through her faith in Jesus Christ in 2020, discovering her true worth and identity in God rather than appearance...
Fanny Crosby: Hymns of Faith
1850s•🇺🇸Brewster, New York, United States
Fanny Crosby, blind from infancy, found faith at 30 and wrote over 5,000 hymns including 'Blessed Assurance.' Her testimony shows how God used her...
Dallas Willard's Journey to True Discipleship
1935-2013•🇺🇸Buffalo, Missouri, USA
Dallas Willard's journey from feeling spiritually inadequate to becoming a renowned teacher shows how God uses academic pursuit and spiritual...
Darlene Zschech's of Faith and Healing
2013-2019•🇦🇺Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Worship leader Darlene Zschech was miraculously healed from breast cancer after chemotherapy and radiation, finding strength through worship music and...
From Darkness to Sight
2023•🇨🇳Hangzhou, China
Chinese doctor Dr. Ming Wang found faith in God while studying the human eye at Harvard Medical School, leading him from atheism to becoming a...
Healing Beyond the Pain
2022•🇨🇦Canada
Three Indigenous survivors of Canada's residential schools found healing through faith in Jesus, cultural reconnection, and forgiveness, breaking cycles...
God Owns My Business
1936-1955•🇺🇸Lima, Ohio, USA
Stanley Tam faced business failure in 1936 Lima, Ohio, but felt called to make God the owner of his aluminum company. The decision transformed everything.
Revival in the Heart of Tonga
1834•'Utui, Vava'u, Tonga
In 1834, the island nation of Tonga experienced a powerful spiritual awakening that transformed an entire society from warfare and conflict to peace and...
Pandita Ramabai's Path to Light
1880s•🇮🇳Kedgaon, Maharashtra, India
Pandita Ramabai, a Brahmin widow in 1880s India, found faith in Christ while in England and transformed thousands of lives through education and...
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.
Return to Nineveh Plains: A Renewed Faith
2025•🇮🇶Nineveh Plains, Iraq
Christians returned to their ancestral homes in Iraq's Nineveh Plains after years of displacement, rebuilding their communities through faith and prayer.
Habib Girgis: Man Revived the Coptic Church
1898-1951•🇪🇬Cairo, Egypt
How God used Habib Girgis to revive Egypt's dying Coptic Orthodox Church through revolutionary education reform in the early 1900s.
A Peace Child for the Sawi
1960s•🇬🇳Papua New Guinea
Missionary Don Richardson discovered God's way to reach the violent Sawi tribe in Papua New Guinea through their 'peace child' custom, leading to...
Purpose Beyond Paralysis
1967•Chesapeake Bay
After a diving accident left 17-year-old Joni Eareckson Tada paralyzed from the shoulders down, she discovered God's purpose through her suffering and...
David Platt's Radical Awakening
2023•🇺🇸Atlanta, Georgia, USA
David Platt's radical transformation from comfortable American Christianity to passionate global missions leader, sparked by exposure to extreme poverty...
Sabina Wurmbrand: The Pastor's Wife Who Stood Firm
1948•🇷🇴Bucharest, Romania
Sabina Wurmbrand found unshakeable faith while imprisoned in communist Romania's labor camps in 1948. She shared the gospel with fellow prisoners.
Faith Through Betrayal: Lysa's Journey
Feb 2016•🇺🇸Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Lysa TerKeurst found faith and healing after discovering her husband's infidelity in their 25-year marriage. She learned to forgive while setting boundaries.
Faith at the Heart of Hollywood
2025•🇺🇸Los Angeles, California, United States
Patricia Heaton's testimony reveals how prioritizing God over career ambition transformed her Hollywood journey, leading to unexpected professional...
From Cosmos to Christ
2023•🇺🇸Austin, Texas, United States
Astrophysicist Sarah Salviander's journey from atheism to Christianity through her scientific studies of the universe's order and beauty.
Richard Wurmbrand: 14 Years Tortured for Christ
1960s•🇷🇴Bucharest, Romania
Jewish atheist turned Lutheran pastor Richard Wurmbrand survived 14 years of Communist torture in Romanian prisons, his unshakeable faith inspiring a...
Hudson Taylor's Transformative Call
June 1849•🏴Brighton Beach, England
17-year-old Hudson Taylor experienced dramatic conversion through reading a gospel tract in 1849 England, leading him to dedicate his life to missionary...
George Whitefield's Great Awakening
1730s-1770•🏴Gloucester, England
George Whitefield's transformation from worldly pursuits to powerful preacher sparked the Great Awakening across England and America in the 1700s...
Bruce Olson's Jungle Mission
1960s•🇨🇴Colombia
19-year-old Bruce Olson answered God's call to reach the hostile Motilone tribe in Colombia's jungle with just $70. They called him Bruchko.
Danny Silk: From Broken Family to Loving on Purpose
Nov 2025•🇺🇸Redding, California, United States
Danny Silk's testimony shows how God transformed a broken marriage from clinical incompatibility to founding Loving on Purpose ministry, leading to...
Chris Tomlin - Building Bridges Through
1985•🇺🇸Grand Saline, Texas, USA
Chris Tomlin's testimony shows how childhood faith and quiet obedience led to global worship ministry. He co-founded Passion Conferences in 1997.
David Livingstone
1870s•🏴Blantyre, Scotland and Central Africa
David Livingstone's profound conversion at age 12 led him from poverty in Scotland to become a pioneering missionary explorer in Africa, where his...
Bart Millard's Journey of Forgiveness
2018•🇺🇸Greenville, Texas, USA
MercyMe's Bart Millard found forgiveness and reconciliation with his abusive father after the man's life-changing conversion to Christianity during...
Andrew Murray's Transformative Faith
1840s-1910s•🇿🇦Graaff Reinet, South Africa
Andrew Murray, born in 1828 South Africa, experienced salvation during theological studies in 1845, later becoming a key figure in the South African...
Faith-Driven Businesswoman's Legacy
1950s-1980s•🇺🇸Dallas, Texas, United States
Single mother Mary Crowley built a $400 million business from her garage during the Great Depression, crediting her faith in Jesus and biblical tithing...
Efraim Tendero: A Life of Faith and
2023•🇵🇭Valenzuela, Philippines
Efraim Tendero's journey from poverty in the Philippines to global evangelical leadership shows how God transforms lives and opens doors when we...
Overcoming Shame through Christ
2023•🇦🇺Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Christine Caine overcame childhood abuse, adoption trauma, and shame through encountering Jesus at Hillsong Church in Sydney, leading her to found...
From Despair to Hope
2020s•🇰🇷Seoul, South Korea
North Korean defector Yeonmi Park escaped through China with help from Christian missionaries, finding faith and freedom after surviving the Gobi Desert...
Steph Curry's Faithful Journey
2015•🇺🇸Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
NBA star Stephen Curry overcame career-threatening ankle injuries and early setbacks through his unwavering Christian faith, crediting Jesus for his MVP...
A Silicon Valley Transformation
2023•🇺🇸Silicon Valley, California, United States
Silicon Valley entrepreneur Michael Yang found faith and transformation through Christ, discovering God's presence in both career successes and setbacks...
Michael Harper's Transformative Faith Journey
1995•🏴London, England
Michael Harper's journey from Anglican minister to Orthodox priest shows God's transformative power through charismatic renewal and spiritual gifts in...
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