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Kia Hadaeghi: The Fake Christian Jesus Made Real
Birmingham
A Muslim asylum seeker faked Christian faith to stay in the UK. Reading John's Gospel in Farsi, he met Jesus for real, confessed his lie, and now serves Iranians.
Yassir Eric: Jesus Loved Him While He Was Still an Enemy
Sudan (now based in Germany)ยท 1991
Raised to hate Christians in Sudan, Yassir Eric attacked a classmate and left him for dead. One answered prayer led him to Jesus, and it cost him everything.
Larry Sanger: How Wikipedia's Co-Founder Found Faith in Jesus
United Statesยท 2025
Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger, a lifelong skeptic with a Ph.D. in philosophy, read the Bible cover to cover and found faith in Jesus as God with us.
Daddy Yankee: 'Jesus Lives in Me and I Live for Him'
San Juanยท 2023
At his final San Juan concert, reggaeton icon Daddy Yankee told 15,000 fans that Jesus lives in him, then dedicated his music and platform to the gospel.
Tammy Peterson: Healed of Terminal Cancer, Home in the Church
Toronto
Diagnosed with terminal kidney cancer in 2019, Tammy Peterson prayed daily in a hospital atrium and entered the Catholic Church healed at Easter 2024.
Brent Higginson โ LSD, Eastern Mysticism, and the Night Everything Changed
Costa Mesaยท 1970s
Born into a home that told him he was good for nothing, Brent Higginson chased meaning through LSD and eastern mysticism. At Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa he met the Holy Spirit, and changed completely.
Derek LaFleur โ He Met Jesus in a Jail Cell and Never Went Back
Beaumontยท Contemporary
Derek LaFleur was an active Bloods gang member when he was wrongly arrested at 14. Alone in a cell, he laid a Bible on his chest and cried out to God for the first time. He has been following Jesus ever since.
Paul Algeo โ From a Police Standoff to Freedom in Christ
Paisley and Ayrshire
Paul Algeo dealt drugs, cycled through prison, and ended one chapter in a four-hour standoff with armed police. A stranger handed him a card, and a vision of the crucified Christ set him free.
From New Believer to House Church Leader in Six Months: How Iran's Church Is Training at the Speed of Revival
Iranยท 2026
Iran's underground church is training new believers to lead house churches in as little as six months, combining digital theological education with person-to-person mentorship. The rapid-deployment model is a direct response to growth that outpaces available leadership.
Afghan Refugees in Iran Are Meeting Jesus Through the Underground Church They Were Never Supposed to Find
Iran (Iranian cities with Afghan refugee populations)ยท 2025-2026
Afghan refugees in Iran โ numbering 3-4 million โ are encountering the Iranian underground church and coming to faith in growing numbers through 2025-2026, carrying the gospel back toward one of the least reached nations on earth.
Iran Arrested More Christians in 2025 Than Any Year This Decade. The Church Grew Faster.
Iran (Tehranยท 2025-2026
Iran's 2025 crackdown on Christians was the most aggressive in over a decade โ more arrests, raids, and imprisonments than any recent year. Yet every metric of church growth surged simultaneously. Persecution scattered the church, and the scattering multiplied it.
The Farsi Bible App That 2 Million Iranians Downloaded in Secret
Iranยท 2025-2026
By 2026, Farsi Bible apps have surpassed 2 million downloads, while digital discipleship platforms allow Iranian believers to receive seminary-level training from their phones โ all in secret, all encrypted, all free. The regime's internet censorship cannot keep pace.