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The College Visit That Changed Everything
Dentonยท Late 1990s
Lecrae Moore, raised in a turbulent Houston environment, encountered God at a Christian conference during college at the University of North Texas.
The Most Reluctant Convert at Oxford
Oxfordยท 1931
C.S. Lewis, a committed atheist and Oxford don, was gradually drawn to faith through late-night conversations with fellow academics like Tolkien.
Erin Brockovich and the Hinkley Groundwater Case
Hinkleyยท 1993-1996
A filing clerk with no legal degree, Erin Brockovich uncovered PG&E's contamination of groundwater in Hinkley, California that was causing cancer in...
Walter McMillian: The Case That Inspired "Just Mercy"
Monroevilleยท 1988-1993
Convicted on fabricated evidence in the town that produced To Kill a Mockingbird, Walter McMillian spent six years on Alabama's death row before Bryan...
The Friendship Nine: Lunch Counter Convictions Overturned After 54 Years
Rock Hillยท 1961-2015
In 1961, nine Black students in South Carolina chose jail over bail for sitting at a whites-only lunch counter โ pioneering a strategy that changed the...
Baptised in a Pool She Could Not Enter on Her Own
Marylandยท 1968
Joni Eareckson, paralysed from the shoulders down after a diving accident at seventeen, chose to be baptised in 1968, requiring others to carry and...
Communion Wine in a Concentration Camp
Ravensbruckยท 1944
Corrie and Betsie ten Boom held secret communion services in Ravensbruck concentration camp using scraps of stolen bread, creating a physical act of faith...
Millard Fuller: The Millionaire Who Gave It All Away to Build Houses
Americusยท 1965-1976
Millard Fuller gave away his entire fortune after his marriage nearly collapsed, then founded Habitat for Humanity. Over 13 million homes built worldwide.
How a Prison Chaplain Found God Behind Bars
Washingtonยท 1974-1976
Chuck Colson went from Watergate convict to founding Prison Fellowship, the world's largest prison ministry, after finding God behind bars among broken people.
Jim Elliot: The Jungle That Became an Altar
Ecuador
Jim Elliot sensed his calling in the mountains of Oregon and found his deepest communion with God in the jungles of Ecuador, where he and four companions...
Jentezen Franklin Led His Church Through a Corporate Fast and Everything Changed
Gainesvilleยท 2001
In 2001, megachurch pastor Jentezen Franklin launched an annual twenty-one-day corporate fast at Free Chapel.
How Corporate Fasting Built the Korean Church into the Largest in the World
Seoulยท 1953-2000
South Korean Christians built a culture of corporate fasting and prayer mountains from the 1950s onward.