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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.
A widow heard the good news from a travelling salesman and could not unhear it
Laos· 2022
Pei, a widow in Laos, heard about Jesus from a travelling salesman and left ancestor worship for Christ. Her policeman son-in-law threw her out, and she chose Jesus over a roof.
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.
You can kill me, but you cannot take my faith in Jesus
Bangladesh· 2021-2022
Nur Alam and Afzal Hosen left Islam for Jesus in 2021 and shared their faith across Bangladesh. Both were kidnapped and threatened, and both refused to deny Christ.
They locked the pastor in a psychiatric ward. He led a hundred men to Jesus
Astana· 2013-2014
Kazakhstan jailed elderly pastor Bakhytzhan Kashkumbaev in a psychiatric ward in 2013. Expecting to lose his mind, he instead felt the risen Lord cover him and led nearly 100 inmates to Christ.
He survived the killing fields. Then he baptised the man who ran a death camp
Cambodia· 1980s-1990s
Christopher LaPel survived the Khmer Rouge killing fields and met Jesus in a refugee camp. He became a pastor and later baptised Comrade Duch, the man who ran the S-21 death camp.
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.
Boko Haram gave him a camera to break the church. He preached instead
Michika· 2020
When Boko Haram abducted Reverend Lawan Andimi in Adamawa, Nigeria, they gave him a camera to beg for his life. He preached peace in God instead, and held to Jesus to the end.
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.
Alisa Latty-Alleyne: The End of Her Husband's Life Was the Beginning of Hers
Coventry· 2020
Alisa Latty-Alleyne was a six-figure tech executive when her husband Benny died suddenly at 30. Three years later, suicidal on her kitchen floor in Coventry, she surrendered to God around 2020. Baptised at Coventry Elim Church, she went on to join Christian ministry and is now the first female UK director of the Christian Broadcasting Network.