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Susannah Wesley: Raising World-Changers in a Crowded Rectory
Epworthยท Early 1700s
Susannah Wesley raises ten surviving children through poverty, house fires, and an absent husband โ her disciplined kitchen-table education produces John...
Bryan Stevenson and the Mercy That Rebuilt a Broken System
Montgomeryยท 1989
Bryan Stevenson founded the Equal Justice Initiative, freed wrongly convicted death row inmates, challenged child sentencing laws, and built America's...
The Student Whose Religious Liberty Case Changed a University
United Statesยท 2024
A medical student challenged her university's discriminatory hijab policy through a religious liberty case, winning a ruling that changed the institution's approach to faith and professional dress codes.
The Pastor Who Went to Court for Feeding People
United Statesยท 2024
Fined for feeding homeless residents, a pastor fought the city and won โ but the real victory was that opposition multiplied the ministry from one church to seven, reaching five times more people.
The Prison Chaplain Who Was Set Free
Alabamaยท 2010
A veteran pastor became a prison chaplain expecting to teach, but was profoundly changed by inmates who taught him that grace is a presence you carry, not a concept you explain.
R.G. LeTourneau and the 90% Give
Longviewยท 1930s-1960s
R.G. LeTourneau, the industrial pioneer who supplied 70% of Allied WWII earthmoving equipment, gave away 90% of his income โ and became wealthier the more...
He Found God Walking Through a Garden After Lunch
Franceยท 1730s-1740s
Jean-Pierre de Caussade, an 18th-century Jesuit priest, discovered that God was most present to him not during formal prayer but in ordinary transitions โ...
Lilias Trotter: She Heard God While Painting Wildflowers in the Desert
Algiersยท 1890s
Lilias Trotter gave up a career as Victorian England's most promising artist to live in Algeria.
He Found God Between the Potato Peels
Parisยท 1660s-1691
Brother Lawrence, a 17th-century kitchen worker in a Paris monastery, discovered that peeling potatoes and scrubbing pots could be as sacred as any...
Misty Edwards Found Her Voice in a 24/7 Worship Room
Kansas Cityยท 1999-present
Misty Edwards joined IHOP-KC at 19 with no formal training and spent over two decades worshipping in a 24/7 prayer room.
Bethany Hamilton Worshipped Her Way Back After Losing Her Arm
Kauaiยท 2003-2004
Bethany Hamilton, who lost her arm in a shark attack at age thirteen, credits her resilience and recovery to a lifetime of worship.
Rachael Denhollander: Breaking Cycles of Abuse and Silence
Michiganยท 2016-2018
Rachael Denhollander, the first to publicly accuse Larry Nassar, broke a generational institutional pattern of silence around abuse, drawing on her...