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Arrested at the hospital where he worked, he turned the prison into a pulpit
Eritrea· 2010s
Dr Berhane, a new believer, was jailed 11 months in Eritrea for his faith. He smuggled in three Bibles, leaned on the Psalms, and turned his cell into a place to share Jesus.
A construction engineer in Madagascar became convinced the Bible was true
Madagascar· 2013
Melias was a construction engineer in Madagascar when, in 2013, the Holy Spirit convinced him the Bible was true. He left engineering to plant churches among unreached peoples on the island.
A New Testament sat in his welding workshop until a teenager finally read it
Agadez· 2000s
A New Testament left in Pierre's welding shop in Niger drew the teenager to read it. Years later in Agadez he found the church it described, and says he has never regretted following Jesus.
He was taught Christians do not pray. Then he watched his uncle pray before a meal
Lere· 1981
Charles Diarra was taught Christians do not pray, until he saw his uncle pray before a meal in Mali. Years later he prayed to find the truth, and in 1981 he gave his life to Jesus.
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.
After his daughter was killed, he prayed for a Bible no one could take from him
Uzbekistan and Tajikistan· 2020s
After his young daughter was killed, Rashid Kadirov, a Muslim in Central Asia, prayed for a Bible. A stolen New Testament and a JESUS Film later, he and his wife Aleka gave their lives to Jesus.
A soldier who should have died in battle walked into a demon's shrine
Myanmar· 2010s
Pastor Dano, a former soldier, fasted three days and confronted a demon tormenting a chief's son in a Buddhist village in Myanmar. In Jesus' name it left, and the village turned to Christ.
Her church offering came to the exact amount of her power bill, to the penny
United States· 2020s
Lina Johnson never told anyone the amount of her power bill. Then her church took up an offering for her, and it came to the exact figure, down to the penny.
His tough older brother went soft overnight. He had to know why
Ethiopia· 2010s
Yared Getahun watched his tough older brother turn humble and gentle after meeting Jesus in Ethiopia. He opened a Bible to understand it, and at sixteen he followed Christ too.
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.
Police shot him mid-escape. In that second he remembered what his mother said
Rio de Janeiro· 2010s
Peter tried to steal a car in a Rio favela and was shot fleeing police. Bleeding out, he remembered his mother's words about God's forgiveness, repented, survived, and became a pastor.
A FARC commander tried to wipe out the church. It only grew, so he looked closer
Cauca· 2010s
Helmer, a FARC commander called Comandante Geronimo, hunted the church in Cauca, Colombia. The more he persecuted believers, the more they multiplied, until he met Jesus.