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Gary Haugen and the Raid That Started International Justice Mission
Washington D.C.ยท 1997
After investigating the Rwandan genocide, Gary Haugen founded International Justice Mission in 1997, which has since helped rescue over 100,000 people from violence worldwide.
Mama Maggie and the Garbage City Children of Cairo
Cairoยท 1989
Mama Maggie Gobran left her career as a university professor to serve the Zabbaleen garbage collectors of Cairo, building schools and clinics serving over...
How Daniel Ellsberg Changed a War with a Photocopier
Washington D.C.ยท 1971
Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers in 1971, exposing two decades of government deception about the Vietnam War and reshaping press freedom in America.
Christine Caine and the A21 Campaign Against Human Trafficking
Thessalonikiยท 2008
Christine Caine founded the A21 Campaign after seeing missing persons posters in a Greek airport, growing it into a global anti-trafficking organisation...
She Built a Social Media Empire, Then Tore It Down to Find What Was Real
Mumbaiยท 2022
Influencer Priya Mehta had ten million followers and zero peace. A desperate comment from a teenage girl forced her to confront the emptiness behind her curated life โ and a faith community in a Mumbai art gallery showed her what authenticity could look like.
He Was Muslim, I Was Christian, and God Was in It
Londonยท 2024
A Nigerian pastor's daughter and a devout Muslim man navigated faith differences, family rejection, and a year of honest prayer. Their interfaith marriage didn't produce a conversion story, but it revealed a God bigger than religious categories.
Mary Slessor: From a Scottish Jute Mill to Missionary in Nigeria
Dundeeยท 1870s
Mary Slessor was eleven years old, working twelve-hour shifts in a Scottish jute mill, when she overheard two older women talking about missionaries in...
She First Heard God While Sweeping a Floor
Dorchester Countyยท 1840s
Before she became the legendary conductor of the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman was an enslaved woman sweeping floors and carrying water.
The UN Secretary-General Who Met God on a Bus
New York Cityยท 1950s
Dag Hammarskjold, Secretary-General of the United Nations, recorded in his private journal that the defining moment of his life happened on an ordinary...
God Answered a Scientist in a Pre-Dawn Laboratory
Tuskegeeยท 1900s-1940s
George Washington Carver, born into slavery and orphaned as an infant, made his greatest scientific discoveries by arriving at his Tuskegee laboratory...
A Morning Training Run That Became a Calling
Edinburghยท 1922
Before the famous Olympic refusal, Eric Liddell was on an ordinary morning training run through Edinburgh when he felt a sudden clarity โ that his ability...
God Spoke to a Watchmaker While She Wound a Spring
Haarlemยท 1920s
Long before becoming a famous war hero, Corrie ten Boom was winding watch springs in her father's shop when she felt God press something onto her heart โ...