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The Birmingham Children Who Changed America
Birminghamยท 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.
She First Heard God While Sweeping a Floor
Dorchester Countyยท 1840s
Before she became the legendary conductor of the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman was an enslaved woman sweeping floors and carrying water.
Three Hundred Orphans, Empty Plates, and the Man Who Set the Table Anyway
Bristolยท 1840s-1890s
George Muller, who ran orphanages in Bristol without ever asking for money, instructed his staff to set tables with empty plates for 300 orphans when...
Desmond Doss: The Soldier Who Saved 75 Men Without a Weapon
Okinawaยท 1945
Desmond Doss saved 75 wounded soldiers at Hacksaw Ridge without a weapon, praying "Lord, help me get one more." First conscientious objector Medal of Honor.
The Missionary Who Slept While Cobras Guarded His Door
Tannaยท 1860s
Missionary John G. Paton on the island of Tanna survived multiple assassination attempts in the 1860s, protected by what attackers described as shining...
The Dog That Wouldn't Board the Titanic
Southampton to North Atlanticยท April 1912
Documented accounts of dogs exhibiting unusual distress before the Titanic sailed, alongside the story of pastor John Harper, who used his final moments...
Mary Slessor: Barefoot in the Jungle, Saving Lives
Calabarยท 1876-1915
Mary Slessor left the slums of Dundee for the jungles of Calabar, Nigeria, where she spent nearly forty years walking barefoot through the rainforest,...
Franklin Hall Fasted and Ignited the Healing Revival of 1947
San Diegoยท 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...
How Rees Howells Fasted Through a Plague and Nobody Died
Gazalandยท 1918
During the 1918 influenza pandemic, Welsh missionary Rees Howells fasted and interceded for his district in southern Africa.
How John Hyde Fasted Until a Revival Swept Through India
Sialkotยท 1904
Missionary John Hyde fasted for thirty days before the 1904 Sialkot Convention in India, sparking a revival that brought hundreds to faith and transformed...
A Father Read the Bible Every Night โ His Family Saved 800 Lives
Haarlemยท 1944
Dutch watchmaker Casper ten Boom read the Bible to his children nightly for decades.
J.C. Penney Lost $40 Million, Cried Out to God, and Rebuilt Everything
Battle Creekยท 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.
