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The Teacher Who Chose the Darkest Classroom
Hong Kongยท 1966
Jackie Pullinger, a music graduate from London, sailed to Hong Kong in 1966 and began teaching in the Kowloon Walled City.
The Medical Student Who Followed the Evidence
Norfolkยท Early 2000s
Nabeel Qureshi, a devout Muslim pre-med student at Old Dominion University, spent three years investigating Christianity through a campus friendship with...
Katie Davis Majors: A Teenager Who Adopted 13 Children in Uganda
Jinjaยท 2007-present
Katie Davis Majors went to Uganda at 18 for a gap year and never returned. She adopted 13 children and founded Amazima Ministries, serving hundreds more.
Three Days Inside a Fish: The Prophet Who Ran and Got Swallowed
Mediterranean Seaยท c. 780 BC
The prophet Jonah ran from God's assignment to Nineveh, was thrown overboard in a storm, and was swallowed by a great fish for three days -- where the...
When a Donkey Saw What a Prophet Couldn't
Moab (modern Jordan)ยท c. 1400 BC
The biblical account of Balaam's donkey, who saw the angel of the Lord and saved her master's life three times while he beat her for disobedience -- a...
Bill Bright Fasted for Forty Days and Launched a Movement of Two Million
Orlandoยท 1994
In 1994, Campus Crusade founder Bill Bright completed a forty-day fast at age seventy-three and felt God call two million Americans to fast for spiritual...
Her Husband Was Killed by a Tribe โ She Moved In With Her Baby
Ecuadorยท 1958
After her husband Jim was speared to death by the Huaorani tribe in 1956, Elisabeth Elliot stayed in Ecuador and moved INTO the tribal village with her...
A Mother Prayed 50 Miles Away โ Her Son Converted at That Exact Moment
Yorkshireยท 1849
In June 1849, Amelia Taylor locked herself away to pray for her son. At that exact moment 50 miles away, 17-year-old Hudson read a tract and surrendered...
Dan Wooding: The Fleet Street Journalist Whose Story Wouldn't Let Him Go
Londonยท 1970s-1980s
Dan Wooding was a Fleet Street tabloid journalist (Sunday People, Sunday Mirror). A life-threatening gangster story brought him back to faith.
William Colgate Tithed from His First Dollar and Built a Global Brand
New Yorkยท 1804-1857
William Colgate tithed from his very first dollar in 1804, increased his giving to 30% as his company grew, and built what became the Colgate-Palmolive...
David Green Started Hobby Lobby with $600 and Prayer
Oklahoma Cityยท 1970-2022
David Green started Hobby Lobby with $600 in 1970, nearly lost everything in 1985, crawled under his desk to pray, then built a $7 billion company he...
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.