Stories from across the United Kingdom
18 testimonies matching your filters.
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.
Calum Mackenzie: 22 Years of Trying Everything, Then One Desperate Prayer
United Kingdomยท 2022
Calum Mackenzie, a pastor's son, abandoned his faith at university and spent 22 years chasing satisfaction through drink, drugs, career and travel. In 2022, at rock bottom and suicidal, one desperate prayer brought him back to Jesus. His wife followed weeks later, and his suicidal thoughts ended within months.
Colin Mason โ The Boy Told to End His Life, Now He Helps Others Heal
Londonยท Contemporary
Colin Mason survived abuse, domestic violence and racism, and was told at 13 that nobody wanted him. Years later he met God in a small house group, and forgiveness set him free to heal.
David Harper โ The BBC Presenter Who Investigated God and Found Him
North Yorkshire / Londonยท 2024
David Kingsley Harper, a BBC antiques expert known for Bargain Hunt and Flog It, was an agnostic until his daughter Hetti became severely depressed and struggled with self-harm for years. When Hetti became a born-again Christian and was dramatically transformed, David spent eleven months investigating the claims of Christianity โ and ended up on his knees accepting Jesus.
Adam Peaty Found Jesus After Olympic Gold Could Not Fill the Void
Uttoxeter
Adam Peaty, two-time Olympic gold medalist and world record holder in swimming, battled depression and alcoholism after Tokyo 2020 before finding faith in Jesus through an Olympic chaplain โ declaring at the 2024 Paris Olympics that his relationship with Christ mattered more than gold.
She Watched a Worship Livestream at 2am and the Holy Spirit Lifted Depression That Medication Could Not Touch
United Kingdomยท 2024
After years of clinical depression and multiple medications, a woman clicked on a worship livestream at 2am during her darkest night. The Holy Spirit met her through a screen and lifted the depression โ completely and permanently.
She Found God Under a Kitchen Apron
Epworthยท 1700s-1720s
Susanna Wesley, mother of nineteen in 18th-century England, had no quiet room for prayer.
Imrhan (Lotto Boyzz): From Suicide Attempt to Salvation
UKยท 2024
UK rapper Imrhan (formerly Lotto Ash of Lotto Boyzz) was about to end his life when his mum calledโshe said God told her he wasn't OK.
William Cowper - From Despair to the Light of Christ
St Albansยท 1764
In 1764, poet William Cowper found faith while reading Romans in a mental asylum after three suicide attempts. He later wrote beloved hymns with John Newton.
T.S. Eliot: The Hollow Man Made Whole
Englandยท 1927
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...
Charles Wesley's Whitsunday Awakening
Londonยท 1738-05-21
Charles Wesley found faith and healing on Whitsunday 1738 in London when God transformed his spiritual darkness into peace, leading him to write his...
Forgiveness and New Purpose
Cardiffยท 1982
Simon Weston, severely burned in the 1982 Falklands War, found healing through faith and forgiveness, even befriending the Argentine pilot who bombed his ship.
