Stories from across the United States
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The Birmingham Children Who Changed America
Birmingham· 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.
The Pastor Who Went to Court for Feeding People
United States· 2024
Fined for feeding homeless residents, a pastor fought the city and won — but the real victory was that opposition multiplied the ministry from one church to seven, reaching five times more people.
Rachael Denhollander: Breaking Cycles of Abuse and Silence
Michigan· 2016-2018
Rachael Denhollander, the first to publicly accuse Larry Nassar, broke a generational institutional pattern of silence around abuse, drawing on her...
Twenty-Two Years in a Wheelchair, Then Someone Said Stand Up
Mobile· August 2010
Delia Knox, a gospel singer paralysed from the waist down since a 1987 car accident, stood and walked for the first time in twenty-two years during a...
Franklin Hall Fasted and Ignited the Healing Revival of 1947
San Diego· 1946-1947
Pastor Franklin Hall organized corporate fasting gatherings in San Diego in 1946 and published a book on fasting that influenced William Branham, Oral...
Bill Bright Fasted for Forty Days and Launched a Movement of Two Million
Orlando· 1994
In 1994, Campus Crusade founder Bill Bright completed a forty-day fast at age seventy-three and felt God call two million Americans to fast for spiritual...
Lou Engle Called 400,000 People to Fast and Pray on the National Mall
Washington· 2000
In September 2000, Lou Engle gathered an estimated 400,000 people on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
David Green Started Hobby Lobby with $600 and Prayer
Oklahoma City· 1970-2022
David Green started Hobby Lobby with $600 in 1970, nearly lost everything in 1985, crawled under his desk to pray, then built a $7 billion company he...
J.C. Penney Lost $40 Million, Cried Out to God, and Rebuilt Everything
Battle Creek· 1929-1951
J.C. Penney lost his $40 million fortune in the 1929 crash, hit bottom in a sanitarium, cried out to God in a chapel, then rebuilt to over $1 billion by 1951.
Heidi and Rolland Baker: When Two Callings Collide
Dana Point· 1980
Heidi Baker received a radical missionary calling at 16. When she met Rolland, they shared the same God-given vision.
Water Fast: Journey to Healing and Breakthroughs
Texas· 2022-2024
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.
Kathie Lee’s Journey of Faith and Forgiveness
Annapolis· 2023
Kathie Lee Gifford's testimony of faith beginning at age 12 through Billy Graham's ministry, finding God's strength through divorce and her husband's...
