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The Heavenly Man
Chinaยท 1974-1997
Brother Yun miraculously escaped maximum security prison in communist China after God healed his broken legs and made him invisible to guards.
More Persecution, More Growth
China (Guangzhou)ยท 1955-1978
Chinese pastor Samuel Lamb spent 20 years in Communist labor camps, yet saw his church grow from 200 to 4,000 members through persecution.
22 Years Without a Bible
China (Beijing)ยท 1958-1979
Chinese pastor Allen Yuan spent 22 years in prison without a Bible, enduring hard labor and persecution for refusing to join state-controlled church.
Monica: Mother Whose Prayers Conquered
Thagasteยท AD 370
Monica of Thagaste prayed for 17 years for her pagan husband and wayward son Augustine. Both eventually came to faith through her patient witness.
Tortured for His Faith
Bulgariaยท 1948-1961
Bulgarian pastor Haralan Popov endured 13 years of torture in Communist prisons, finding God's grace sufficient in his darkest moments and continuing to...
Perpetua of Carthage
Carthageยท AD 203
Young Christian mother Perpetua received divine visions and strength while imprisoned in 203 AD Carthage, choosing martyrdom over renouncing her faith...
The Gospel in Bonds
Soviet Union (Kievยท 1962-1979
Georgi Vins spent 8 years in Soviet gulags for his Baptist faith, discovering his deepest spiritual growth through persecution.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: The Gulag Archipelago
Russia/Soviet Unionยท 1950s
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn found faith in God while imprisoned in Soviet labor camps, transforming from atheist to Christian through suffering and...
Thomas More: King's Good Servant, But
Londonยท 1535
Sir Thomas More, England's Lord Chancellor, chose martyrdom over compromising his faith when King Henry VIII demanded he recognize royal supremacy over...
The Moravian Pentecost
Herrnhutยท 1727-08-13
In 1727 Germany, God transformed a quarreling refugee community through supernatural outpouring during communion, birthing a 100-year prayer meeting and...
Pachomius: Kindness That Converted a Soldier
Thebaidยท 312
Roman soldier Pachomius converted to Christianity in 312 AD after witnessing Christian kindness in prison, later founding eleven monasteries with over...
The Twenty-One: Martyrs on the Libyan Shore
Sirteยท 2015
Twenty-one Christian workers from Egypt and Ghana chose martyrdom over denying Christ when captured by militants in Libya in 2015, becoming canonized...