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The Women Who Lead Iran's Underground Church When the Men Were Taken to Prison
Iran· Ongoing
When Iranian authorities imprison male house church leaders, women step forward to lead, teach, and multiply the underground church — making them the backbone of the fastest-growing church movement in the world.
Alexander Pagani — From Rikers Island to Pastor
Bronx· 2024
Alexander Pagani grew up in the Bronx with drug-addicted parents and was first arrested at eleven. At seventeen, he was sent to Rikers Island for robbery, burglary, and kidnapping. After stabbing two inmates and spending a year in solitary confinement, Jesus visited his cell — and everything changed instantly.
Malissa — Jesus in a Holding Cell
New York City· 2024
Malissa was a high-end jewelry and luxury watch seller involved in credit card fraud. Arrested and facing seven years for grand larceny, she experienced an overwhelming encounter with Jesus in her holding cell — a bright light, a vision of her entire life, and a promise that she would go free that day. Hours later, she was released without bail.
Boonk Gang — From Filming Robberies to Preaching in Prisons
Los Angeles County Jail· 2024
John Robert Hill Jr. — known as Boonk Gang — had over five million followers watching him film robberies and vandalism. After felony charges landed him in LA County Jail, a cellmate named Joshua shared the Bible with him. Alone on his bunk singing "Jesus loves you," John felt the physical touch of the Holy Spirit and was completely transformed.
Leif Hetland: How the Holy Spirit Broke the Root of Fear and Launched a Global Healing Ministry
Norway / Global· 2024
Leif Hetland was a Baptist pastor in Norway gripped by a spirit of fear that controlled every area of his life. A baptism of the Father's love through the Holy Spirit broke the root of fear and launched a ministry that has seen over a million people encounter Jesus.
Lester Sumrall and the Deliverance of Clarita Villanueva: When the Holy Spirit Confronted Evil in Manila
Manila· 2024
In 1953, missionary Lester Sumrall entered a Manila jail where 17-year-old Clarita Villanueva was being visibly attacked by unseen forces. Witnessed by doctors, police, and journalists, the Holy Spirit delivered her completely through prayer.
Wrongly Imprisoned Man Taught 140 Inmates to Read
Lima· 2017
A wrongfully imprisoned Peruvian teacher taught 140 inmates to read using the Bible — the literacy programme transformed Cell Block 7 and sparked a prison...
Death Row Inmate Forgiven by Victim Mother — Sentence Cut
Texas· 2022
A death row inmate in Texas was forgiven by his victim's eighty-seven-year-old mother — she testified before the parole board and his sentence was...
Walking the Camino de Santiago Broke My Addiction to Control
Camino de Santiago· 2022
A control-driven marketing executive walks the Camino de Santiago without plans or bookings and discovers through the physical act of daily surrender that God was never asking him to hold everything together.
How a Teenage Refugee Named Yusra Swam for Her Life and Then for the World
Aegean Sea / Berlin· 2016
Syrian refugee Yusra Mardini swam for hours to save a sinking refugee boat, then competed on the first-ever Refugee Olympic Team at the 2016 Rio Games.
Gary Haugen and the Raid That Started International Justice Mission
Washington D.C.· 1997
After investigating the Rwandan genocide, Gary Haugen founded International Justice Mission in 1997, which has since helped rescue over 100,000 people from violence worldwide.
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.