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He found a Bible in a secondhand shop and thought he was the only Christian in Yemen
Yemen· 2000s
Mohammad found a Bible in a Yemeni secondhand shop and gave his life to Jesus, sure he was the only believer in the country. God proved otherwise and gathered a hidden house church around him.
35 priests could not help her. In a church she saw Jesus crush what was choking her
North Central Province· 2021
Chandra visited 35 Hindu priests for an illness no doctor could name. In a Sri Lankan church she saw Jesus crush the demons choking her, was healed, and her whole family came to faith.
He carried a bomb into a church. The sermon was about loving your enemies
Jakarta· 2000s
Ahmad Quraisy carried a time bomb into a Jakarta church to kill the worshippers. Then he heard the pastor preach on loving your enemies, and he could not do it. Today he leads 7,000 former Muslims.
He fled the ruins of Homs. In a dream, Someone came to save him
Homs· 2015
Abu Radwan fled the ruins of Homs, Syria. Jesus came to him in a dream saying He had come to save, and the Muslim refugee was baptised in Beirut, even after his own tribe attacked him.
Locked in a cell a meter wide, he prayed one desperate sentence
Kurdistan· 2010s
Nihad, a Kurdish man from Iraq, was in a Syrian prison cell a meter wide when he prayed, Jesus, if You are real, help me. A figure in white walked in, and everything changed.
He put a baptism invite online. 170 people came from across the UK
Bigbury-on-Sea
Merlin Kraft posted a baptism invitation online. 170 people travelled from across the UK to a Devon beach to be baptised. All the glory to Jesus.
Katie didn't know how to become a Christian. Then Jesus met her in a vision
Lincoln
Katie Ivings believed in God but didn't know how to become a Christian. Praying in her Lincoln room, she saw a vision of a door and met Jesus.
For years Suzanne tried to earn God's approval. Grace met her instead
Strathclyde
Suzanne Elder spent her life trying to earn God's approval. When she finally cried out for help, she met the God of grace and saw the cross.
Sean O'Farrell: A Google Search After a Breakup Led Him to Jesus
Wadebridge· August 2022
After a breakup in 2022, Sean O'Farrell googled 'Buddhist festivals', then 'Christian festivals'. Creation Fest in Cornwall was happening the next weekend. Overwhelmed during worship, gripped by John 14:6 and a vision of his desk replaced by a Bible, he was baptised at the festival that August. He now serves as a missionary in Dublin.
Jason McCarthy: The Footballer Who Heard God Say 'I'm Proud of You'
High Wycombe· Early 2020s
Professional footballer Jason McCarthy made football his god until trauma at Barnsley left him searching. Through teammates at Wycombe Wanderers who shared Jesus over daily coffees, and an audible voice from God while driving, he found faith in the early 2020s, confirmed through answered prayer and a dream that led to Psalm 91.
Paul Algeo — 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.
Iran Arrested More Christians in 2025 Than Any Year This Decade. The Church Grew Faster.
Iran (Tehran· 2025-2026
Iran's 2025 crackdown on Christians was the most aggressive in over a decade — 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.