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A FARC commander tried to wipe out the church. It only grew, so he looked closer
Cauca· 2010s
Helmer, a FARC commander called Comandante Geronimo, hunted the church in Cauca, Colombia. The more he persecuted believers, the more they multiplied, until he met Jesus.
He persecuted his brother for following Jesus. Five years later he followed too
Tizi Ouzou· 1992
Dassin, a Kabyle radical, persecuted his brother for following Jesus. Five years later, feeling like an orphan inside, he gave his life to Christ and now leads a church in Tizi Ouzou.
A cartoon about Samson reached a six-year-old in Mongolia. He never let go
Ulaanbaatar· 1990s
Mongolia had almost no Christians in 1990. Bat-Orgil Gantumur was six when a Superbook cartoon reached him. Years later he saw that God had been following him the whole time.
Doctors said surgery or paralysis. Her church prayed for twenty minutes
Nepal· 1999
In 1999 a spinal growth was paralysing Gita Shakya. After her Nepali church prayed for twenty minutes the feeling returned, and the surgery was never needed.
He put a baptism invite online. 170 people came from across the UK
Bigbury-on-Sea
Merlin Kraft posted a baptism invitation online. 170 people travelled from across the UK to a Devon beach to be baptised. All the glory to Jesus.
TV and fame left David Harper empty. Watching his daughter healed led him to Jesus
United Kingdom
TV presenter David Harper spent 50 years a sceptic. Watching his daughter healed of depression through Jesus, he searched the evidence and found God.
Katie didn't know how to become a Christian. Then Jesus met her in a vision
Lincoln
Katie Ivings believed in God but didn't know how to become a Christian. Praying in her Lincoln room, she saw a vision of a door and met Jesus.
Ashley was a pagan high priestess for 20 years. Then Jesus filled the emptiness
London
Ashley Collins was a pagan high priestess for 20 years. In a London church, the Holy Spirit pushed out the darkness and made room for peace.
For years Suzanne tried to earn God's approval. Grace met her instead
Strathclyde
Suzanne Elder spent her life trying to earn God's approval. When she finally cried out for help, she met the God of grace and saw the cross.
Shaun O'Sullivan: Saved on the Streets of Swindon, Now He Preaches on Them
Swindon
Homeless at 15 and addicted to crack, heroin and alcohol by 16, Shaun O'Sullivan served prison time for armed robbery before the message of a Swindon street preacher he once heckled brought him to his knees in a church. Set free from addiction, he now leads Awaken International Ministries, preaching on the same streets through repeated arrests, including a 2025 jury acquittal at Swindon Crown Court.
Alisa Latty-Alleyne: The End of Her Husband's Life Was the Beginning of Hers
Coventry· 2020
Alisa Latty-Alleyne was a six-figure tech executive when her husband Benny died suddenly at 30. Three years later, suicidal on her kitchen floor in Coventry, she surrendered to God around 2020. Baptised at Coventry Elim Church, she went on to join Christian ministry and is now the first female UK director of the Christian Broadcasting Network.
Sean O'Farrell: A Google Search After a Breakup Led Him to Jesus
Wadebridge· August 2022
After a breakup in 2022, Sean O'Farrell googled 'Buddhist festivals', then 'Christian festivals'. Creation Fest in Cornwall was happening the next weekend. Overwhelmed during worship, gripped by John 14:6 and a vision of his desk replaced by a Bible, he was baptised at the festival that August. He now serves as a missionary in Dublin.