Browse Testimonies

Richard

I was a professional dancer raised in church who secretly wrestled with same-sex attraction and pornography addiction for over a decade. I felt rejected, abandoned, and too far gone — I even tried to fully come out and live the gay lifestyle because I saw no way out.

Maria

I was smiling on the outside but deep inside I was going through so much darkness. I was a normal kid on the outside, but I was tormented by voices telling me to kill myself and harm people I loved, and nobody knew.

Alyssa

I was a broken witch — depressed, anxious, plagued by nightmares and sleep paralysis, using crystals, tarot, manifesting, and every new age practice I could find, convinced I was born this way and that the Christian God didn't love me.

Monique

I was a black Christian who saw the world through a pro-black lens, believed all white people were racist, and had been taught that systems of whiteness were the root of oppression. Race was the most important thing about me.

Kalia

I was a PK who loved Jesus but got into a lot of partying, questioning my sexuality, witchcraft — just looking for anything and everything, feeling like I had to choose between being Hawaiian and being a follower of Jesus. I was living in sin and calling myself a Christian at the same time.

Yesupadas

I was an Untouchable boy treated worse than an animal, a committed communist who made a blood covenant to bring revolution to India. I was drinking, in gangs, cutting people, saw dead bodies — and I was happy doing it because I thought I was taking revenge.

Paul

I was an atheist who mocked my pastor parents, thought church was a money-making fairy tale, and spent my life drinking, partying, and gaming. Later I got into yoga and New Age spirituality, believing I was God and could manifest everything.

Trino

I was an 18-year-old who had walked faithfully with God for six years, but when my brother was brutally murdered I was so overwhelmed with grief I turned to alcohol, marijuana, and crystal meth to numb the pain, and I wanted to hold an entire race accountable for the actions of one man.

Carl

I was a model church member — baptized, tithing, teaching Bible classes — but I was doing it all out of duty, to get out of hell and into heaven. I didn't love God, I didn't love my fellow man. I had no real relationship with Christ at all.

Omar

I was a fatherless kid from the projects who adopted a fake identity to hide where I came from. I chased women, cocaine, and alcohol for years trying to fill an emptiness I couldn't name. I had a failed marriage, kids I couldn't raise, and I felt like I was screaming for help from inside a dark cell and nobody could hear me.

Sarah

I was a devoted Buddhist raised in strict Buddhism, then turned to Hinduism and witchcraft, praying to many gods across Thailand, India, and Switzerland. I was self-focused, doing everything for myself. I was always searching — from childhood I knew something was missing — but I couldn't find the answer.

Amer

I was a proud Muslim from Dearborn, Michigan — the most Muslim community in America. I had an Islam tattoo, debated Christians, and would have died before worshipping Jesus. Nobody could have convinced me.