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He put a baptism invite online. 170 people came from across the UK
Bigbury-on-Sea
Merlin Kraft posted a baptism invitation online. 170 people travelled from across the UK to a Devon beach to be baptised. All the glory to Jesus.
Ashley was a pagan high priestess for 20 years. Then Jesus filled the emptiness
London
Ashley Collins was a pagan high priestess for 20 years. In a London church, the Holy Spirit pushed out the darkness and made room for peace.
Shaun O'Sullivan: Saved on the Streets of Swindon, Now He Preaches on Them
Swindon
Homeless at 15 and addicted to crack, heroin and alcohol by 16, Shaun O'Sullivan served prison time for armed robbery before the message of a Swindon street preacher he once heckled brought him to his knees in a church. Set free from addiction, he now leads Awaken International Ministries, preaching on the same streets through repeated arrests, including a 2025 jury acquittal at Swindon Crown Court.
Alisa Latty-Alleyne: The End of Her Husband's Life Was the Beginning of Hers
Coventryยท 2020
Alisa Latty-Alleyne was a six-figure tech executive when her husband Benny died suddenly at 30. Three years later, suicidal on her kitchen floor in Coventry, she surrendered to God around 2020. Baptised at Coventry Elim Church, she went on to join Christian ministry and is now the first female UK director of the Christian Broadcasting Network.
Rugby Player Paralysed in Scrum Collapse Found Purpose Coaching Wheelchair Rugby
Pontypriddยท 2021-10
A Welsh rugby player paralysed in a scrum collapse was furious at God until a persistent hospital chaplain broke through.
Couple Met at Church Alpha Course โ Both Attending to Prove Christianity Wrong
Bristolยท 2022
A philosophy lecturer and a data scientist both attended Alpha to disprove Christianity. Both encountered God. Then they found each other.
Heather Tomlinson: A Christian Journalist Writes
United Kingdomยท 2024
Heather Tomlinson, a Christian journalist who has written extensively for Premier Christianity, was diagnosed with cancer.
Susannah Wesley: Raising World-Changers in a Crowded Rectory
Epworthยท Early 1700s
Susannah Wesley raises ten surviving children through poverty, house fires, and an absent husband โ her disciplined kitchen-table education produces John...
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.
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...
A Morning Training Run That Became a Calling
Edinburghยท 1922
Before the famous Olympic refusal, Eric Liddell was on an ordinary morning training run through Edinburgh when he felt a sudden clarity โ that his ability...
The Priest Who Finally Felt What He Had Been Preaching
Aldersgate Streetยท May 1738
John Wesley, an ordained Anglican priest who had spent over a decade in ministry without a personal experience of faith, felt his "heart strangely warmed"...
