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William Wade Harris: The Black Elijah
Liberia and Ivory Coast· 1910-1929
William Wade Harris received a divine vision in a Liberian prison in 1910. In just 18 months, he baptized over 100,000 converts across West Africa.
Perpetua's Prison Diary: Earliest Female Christian Writing
Carthage· AD 203
Young mother Perpetua found strength and peace in prison through faith, experiencing God's presence even facing martyrdom in 203 AD Carthage.
Macrina the Younger: The Teacher of Saints
Cappadocia (modern Turkey)· AD 350
Macrina the Younger shaped three great theologians of the early church through her profound faith. Her brothers Basil and Gregory called her their teacher.
Imprisoned with ISIS
Sudan· 2015-2017
Voice of the Martyrs director Petr Jasek was imprisoned with ISIS fighters in Sudan for 445 days, enduring torture and near-death conditions.
Eight Years on Death Row
Pakistan· 2009-2019
Catholic mother Asia Bibi spent 8 years on death row in Pakistan for blasphemy charges, maintaining unwavering faith through solitary confinement until...
Li Tianen: Sentenced to Death Three Times
China (Henan· 1950-2016
Li Tianen survived three death sentences and decades in Chinese prisons during the Cultural Revolution, miraculously delivered by God each time before...
The Heavenly Man
China· 1974-1997
Brother Yun miraculously escaped maximum security prison in communist China after God healed his broken legs and made him invisible to guards.
Augustine of Hippo: Take and Read
Milan· AD 386
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...
More Persecution, More Growth
China (Guangzhou)· 1955-1978
Chinese pastor Samuel Lamb spent 20 years in Communist labor camps, yet saw his church grow from 200 to 4,000 members through persecution.
22 Years Without a Bible
China (Beijing)· 1958-1979
Chinese pastor Allen Yuan spent 22 years in prison without a Bible, enduring hard labor and persecution for refusing to join state-controlled church.
Monica: Mother Whose Prayers Conquered
Thagaste· AD 370
Monica of Thagaste prayed for 17 years for her pagan husband and wayward son Augustine. Both eventually came to faith through her patient witness.
The Poet of Leningrad
Soviet Union (Leningrad)· 1962-1971
Aida Skripnikova, orphaned in Soviet Russia, found Christ at 17 and endured repeated imprisonments for boldly sharing her faith.