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Brian "Head" Welch Left Korn After an Encounter During Worship
Bakersfieldยท 2005
Brian "Head" Welch, lead guitarist of Korn, was addicted to methamphetamine when he experienced repeated encounters during worship at a California church.
Lacey Sturm Walked Into a Worship Service Planning to End Her Life
Arlingtonยท Late 1990s
Lacey Sturm, future lead vocalist of Flyleaf, entered a church worship service at age 16 planning to end her life.
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...
Sy Rogers: Breaking Generational Patterns of Sexual Abuse and Identity Confusion
Singapore / Internationalยท 1980s
Sy Rogers, shaped by generational sexual abuse, fatherlessness, and identity confusion, was living as a transgender woman weeks from surgery when Jesus...
Erin Brockovich and the Hinkley Groundwater Case
Hinkleyยท 1993-1996
A filing clerk with no legal degree, Erin Brockovich uncovered PG&E's contamination of groundwater in Hinkley, California that was causing cancer in...
Twenty-Two Years in a Wheelchair, Then Someone Said Stand Up
Mobileยท August 2010
Delia Knox, a gospel singer paralysed from the waist down since a 1987 car accident, stood and walked for the first time in twenty-two years during a...
Three Hundred Orphans, Empty Plates, and the Man Who Set the Table Anyway
Bristolยท 1840s-1890s
George Muller, who ran orphanages in Bristol without ever asking for money, instructed his staff to set tables with empty plates for 300 orphans when...
The Prisoner Who Walked Out of a Maximum Security Prison on Broken Legs
Zhengzhouยท May 1997
Brother Yun, imprisoned in China's Zhengzhou Maximum Security Prison with documented broken legs, walked out of the prison on May 5, 1997, passing through...
The Priest Who Finally Felt What He Had Been Preaching
Aldersgate Streetยท May 1738
John Wesley, an ordained Anglican priest who had spent over a decade in ministry without a personal experience of faith, felt his "heart strangely warmed"...
The General Who Almost Missed His Healing Over Pride
Jordan Riverยท 850 BC
Naaman, commander of the Syrian army, was healed of leprosy after reluctantly washing seven times in the Jordan River as instructed by the prophet Elisha...
Desmond Doss: The Soldier Who Saved 75 Men Without a Weapon
Okinawaยท 1945
Desmond Doss saved 75 wounded soldiers at Hacksaw Ridge without a weapon, praying "Lord, help me get one more." First conscientious objector Medal of Honor.